This thesis attempts to answer to what extent policy diffusion through democracy and policy diffusion through technocracy can explain the implementation of prostitution policy in a certain country...Show moreThis thesis attempts to answer to what extent policy diffusion through democracy and policy diffusion through technocracy can explain the implementation of prostitution policy in a certain country through a political actor, namely the French Assemblée Nationale. The study allows a new perspective as analysis of political actors has not been done often in research. This study compares the relatively new theory on policy diffusion through democracy to the established policy diffusion theory of technocracy. The answer to the question is nuanced as both theories have been observed within the case study of the French national assembly concerning the prostitution policy. Diffusion through democracy indicates that rich, big, and culturally/geographically proximate countries are more often used in debates of the chamber due to voters’ familiarity with these countries than others. However, the analysis shows that these voters also influence technocratic involvement and henceforth, diffusion through technocracy.Show less