A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE ON POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: THE FALLACIES OF MISPLACED PRESCRIPTION |
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| Authors: | Stephen H. Linder B. Guy Peters |
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| Affiliation: | STEPHEN H. LINDER is Professor of Health Policy at the School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at the University of Iowa in 1976 and has taught at UCLA and Tulane University. His major areas of interest include developing a theory of policy design and health and environmental policy. H i s recent work appears in the Milbank Qarterly;and the Journal of Heulth Politics, Policy and Law. B. GUY PETERS is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of numerous books and articles in the areas of public administration and public policy, including Can Government Go Bankrupt? (with Richard Rose), Policy Dynamics and The Pathology of Public Policy;(both with Brian Hogwood). |
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| Abstract: | Implementation has been used to try to explain too much, particularly that policy formulation should be oriented around implementation. The concentration on implementation has added little to our theoretical understanding of policymaking. Implementation studies have taken either "The Horrors of War" or "The Search for Theory" views. The latter has four major views, none of which is adequate. The best approach is to treat implementation as only one of a number of conditions which must be fulfilled for successful policymaking. The design perspection, explained in the paper, is the best approach for this. |
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