Global public policy: does the new venue for transnational tobacco control challenge the old way of doing things?

Hadii Mamudu, Paul Cairney, Donley Studlar

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Abstract

The World Health Organization has fostered a new global public policy – the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC). Until the 1980s, tobacco control was the sole preserve of states. Now, most countries accept the transnational nature of policy. We explain this shift by identifying mutually reinforcing changes in key policy process elements: transnational actors became a source of policy learning; an international venue ‘institutionalized’ new policies; networks began to include tobacco control groups and exclude tobacco companies; socioeconomic shifts undermined public support, and the economic case, for tobacco; and the dissemination of scientific evidence helped actors reframe the image of tobacco, from an economic good to a health crisis. These elements combined to produce an environment conducive to ‘comprehensive’ tobacco control. Yet the implementation of the FCTC has been slow and uneven, reflecting the continued importance of domestic policy environments, most of which are not conducive to major policy change.
LanguageEnglish
Pages856–873
Number of pages18
JournalPublic Administration
Volume93
Issue number4
Early online date15 Jan 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2015

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Mamudu, Hadii ; Cairney, Paul ; Studlar, Donley. / Global public policy : does the new venue for transnational tobacco control challenge the old way of doing things?. In: Public Administration. 2015 ; Vol. 93, No. 4. pp. 856–873.
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Mamudu, H, Cairney, P & Studlar, D 2015, 'Global public policy: does the new venue for transnational tobacco control challenge the old way of doing things?' Public Administration, vol. 93, no. 4, pp. 856–873. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12143

Global public policy : does the new venue for transnational tobacco control challenge the old way of doing things? / Mamudu, Hadii; Cairney, Paul; Studlar, Donley.

In: Public Administration, Vol. 93, No. 4, 01.12.2015, p. 856–873.

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Mamudu H, Cairney P, Studlar D. Global public policy: does the new venue for transnational tobacco control challenge the old way of doing things? Public Administration. 2015 Dec 1;93(4):856–873. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12143

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