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3. Jack L. Walker Jr. 1969. “The Diffusion of Innovations Among the American States.”American Political Science Review63 (September): 880–99 Cited 482 times.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2006

Frank R. Baumgartner
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University

Extract

Jack Walker was the author of three of the 100 most cited articles in the history of the Review. Nowhere is his creativity and imagination more on display than in his “Diffusion” article. Comparing the three articles allows some conclusions about why “Diffusion” had such a great impact and illustrates the thinking of a great scholar, mentor, and colleague.

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Berry Frances Stokes, and William D. Berry. 1990. “State Lottery Adoptions as Policy Innovations: An Event History Analysis.” American Political Science Review 84 (June): 395415.Google Scholar
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