A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE ON POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: THE FALLACIES OF MISPLACED PRESCRIPTION
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Review of Policy Research
- Vol. 6 (3) , 459-475
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1987.tb00761.x
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.Keywords
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