“…Although most policy research has neglected cultural dimensions of policy implementation, some studies have found culture to affect policy implementation. However, even those studies that do address culture have tended not to distinguish between social culture and political culture (Adamus-Matuszynska, 2001; Atkinson, Medeiros, Oliveira, & de Almeida, 2000; Khan, 1990; Lampinen & Uusikylä, 1998; Levinson, 2004; Morris & Scott, 2003; Wilson, 2000). In addition, the literature on culture and implementation, for the most part, relies on Elazar’s model 1 of political culture, which is too narrow to explain the effects of culture on implementation (Mead, 2004; Norrander, 2000).…”