Why Policies Succeed or Fail
Author | : Helen M. Ingram |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1980 |
ISBN-10 | : 0803914164 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780803914162 |
Rating | : 4/5 (162 Downloads) |
Download or read book Why Policies Succeed or Fail written by Helen M. Ingram and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1980 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of why policies fail once adopted, in the words of series editor Stuart Nagel, 'goes to the essence of public policy analysis'. The volume editors, in their extensive and valuable introduction, provide a review of previous efforts to answer aspects of this question and discuss the problems of definition and research political scientists encounter in dealing with it. Louise Comfort in her essay discusses how programme goals must sometimes simply be redifined. Edward Jennings explores the thesis that changes in welfare policy came about largely because of urban unrest. David O'Brien writes aboutt the dilemma confronting agencies caught between the conflicting aims of the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Theodore An