The Diffusion of Innovations among the American States Jack L Walker

"Demographic Factors: After studying the acceptance of technological innovations by both individuals and organizations, several writers have concluded that the decision maker's relative wealth, or the degree to which "free floating" resources are available, are important determinants of the willingness to adopt new techniques or policies.'4 If "slack" resources are available, either in the form of money or a highly skilled, professional staff, the decision maker can afford the luxury of experiment and can more easily risk the possibility of failure.'5 Other studies, especially in the areas of agriculture and medicine, have also shown organizational size to be a strong correlate of innovation"-Jack L Walker 


          Walker's 1969 article is a national study he performed then to see how rapidly states can conform to change and adopt them as new laws.  As no surprise of course, the results showed the northern eastern states as being more susceptible to change than the southern and western states.  as to be expected with everything going on in this day and age, the results are still pretty  much the same.  This, in my opinion, supports the idea discussed in class- there should be more representatives more the larger states.  Think about it, a state like New York- the most adaptable of all the states- has the biggest diversity of people from all parts of the world.  in order to get the most voices heard in order to continue with such adaptability, we need more people voicing our concerns and needs.