The Spread of Symbolic Policies: Juneteenth, Interests, and Representation in the U.S. States.

Decades of policy diffusion research support the notion that governments' policy adoptions are conditional on other governments' policy choices. However, the theory of policy diffusion has only been tested on substantive rather than symbolic policies. This is surprising because ceremonial bills and...

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Published in:	Political Research Quarterly Vol. 78; no. 4; pp. 1286 - 1302
Main Authors:	Jordan, Marty P., Scott, Jamil S.
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Dec2025
Subjects:	United States Representative government Ethnic relations Government policy Policy sciences State governments Civil rights Juneteenth Policy diffusion
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost