Implementing Public Policy: Governance in Theory and in PracticeSAGE Publications, 2002 M09 17 - 232 pages "Evidently, the time has come to describe and assess the shift and its effects on policies per se. And this book does so brilliantly. It takes stock of the relevant literature and also identifies significant theoretical issues as well as practical problems associated with public implementation in the new context of governance. Thus, the book is depicted as a state-of-the-art on public policy implementation" Bringing the major current insights in implementation research and theory together, Public Policy, Implementation and Governance reviews the literature on public policy implementation, relating it to contemporary developments in thinking about governance. The text stresses the continuing importance of a focus upon implementation processes and explores its central relevance to the practice of public administration. In light of the changing nature of governance, Hill and Hupe suggest strategies for both future research on and management of public policy implementation. Their basic approach is two-fold: firstly, to understand the process of implementation and secondly, to address how one might control and affect this process. Re-exploring the state of the art of the study of implementation as a sub-discipline of political science and public administration, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers in public policy, social policy, public management, public adminstration and governance. |
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... questions are about whether the formulator or decision maker has more power , or a role that is more legitimized , than the implementer . The former group of questions are empirical ones , while the latter are normative ones . The act ...
... questions about the role of the state , particularly in relation to social welfare . The sub - title is The Moral and Political Logic of the Universal Welfare State . This book links philoso- phical questions about what the state should ...
... questions are about variation amongst the 150 English authorities . At one extreme three authorities had secured ... questions about alternative mandates . • Nothwithstanding the lack of scope for comparison , there are never- theless ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Positioning Implementation Studies | 18 |
The TopdownBottomup Debate | 41 |
Copyright | |
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