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Abstract
One problem plaguing the analysis of policy innovation is that few of the determinants have proven reliable. Measuring policy innovation as both a rate and amount, this paper investigates the ability of four theoretical perspectives to explain land use policy innovation (adoption) by local governments: political culture, community integration, extra-local environment, and organizational characteristics. The sample consists of seventy-nine (79) communities in Colorado ranging in population size from 1,000 to 100,000. Certain organizational characteristics proved to have the greatest influence on policy innovation.
