Building on the success of the previous two editions, this book provides students with an exemplary overview of the theory and practice of public policy implementation and how it relates to contemporary public management. In doing so, this new edition makes use of more illustrative examples, delves further into researching implementation and explores issues about the relationship between policy formulation and implementation in greater depth. Written for an international audience, this is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying or conducting research in public policy, social policy, public management, public administration and governance. INDICE: Introduction Introduction Structure of the book Some matters of definition NotesPositioning Implementation Studies Introduction Concerns about implementation: Historical origins The rule of law The idea of democracy and its implications Public Administration and Public Management Institutional theory Postmodernist theory Conclusion NotesImplementation Theory: The Top-Down/Bottom-Up Debate The discovery of the ‘missing link’ The classical top-down authors The bottom-up challenge ConclusionImplementation Theory The search for a synthesis Where does implementation begin Layers in policy processes Networks: Broadening the horizontal dimension Managing performance: Redefining the vertical dimension Differentiating policy types Including responses of affected actors ConclusionImplementation and Governance Introduction The age of interventionism The age of the market and corporate government The age of neo-interventionism Assessment Conclusion NotesImplementation Theory and the Study of Governance Introduction The stages model of the policy process Alternative analytical frameworks The Multiple Governance Framework Studying implementation as governance research Conclusion NotesResearching Implementation Introduction Defining studies of implementation Explaining what needs explanation Isolating implementation Dealing with layers Specifying inter-organizational relationships Differentiating agency responses Identifying stakes Recognizing macro-parameters Quantitative versus qualitative studies ConclusionImplementation in Context Introduction Implementation in practice The quest for appropriate action Policy settings Institutional environments Operational governance in context Conclusion NotesThe Future of Implementation Studies Introduction The objective of studying implementation The study of governance in operation Promising developments Conclusion
- ISBN: 978-1-4462-6684-7
- Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha Publicación: 30/05/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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