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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.
Contents
IntroductionIntroductionStructure of the bookSome matters of definitionNotesPositioning Implementation StudiesIntroductionConcerns about implementation: Historical originsThe rule of lawThe idea of democracy and its implicationsPublic Administration and Public ManagementInstitutional theoryPostmodernist theoryConclusionNotesImplementation Theory: The Top-Down/Bottom-Up DebateThe discovery of the 'missing link'The classical top-down authorsThe bottom-up challengeConclusionImplementation TheoryThe search for a synthesisWhere does implementation beginLayers in policy processesNetworks: Broadening the horizontal dimensionManaging performance: Redefining the vertical dimensionDifferentiating policy typesIncluding responses of affected actorsConclusionImplementation and GovernanceIntroductionThe age of interventionismThe age of the market and corporate governmentThe age of neo-interventionismAssessmentConclusionNotesImplementation Theory and the Study of GovernanceIntroductionThe stages model of the policy processAlternative analytical frameworksThe Multiple Governance FrameworkStudying implementation as governance researchConclusionNotesResearching ImplementationIntroductionDefining studies of implementationExplaining what needs explanationIsolating implementationDealing with layersSpecifying inter-organizational relationshipsDifferentiating agency responsesIdentifying stakesRecognizing macro-parametersQuantitative versus qualitative studiesConclusionImplementation in ContextIntroductionImplementation in practiceThe quest for appropriate actionPolicy settingsInstitutional environmentsOperational governance in contextConclusionNotesThe Future of Implementation StudiesIntroductionThe objective of studying implementationThe study of governance in operationPromising developmentsConclusion
