Implementing Public Policy: Governance in Theory and in Practice (SAGE Politics Texts series) - Softcover

Hill, Michael; Hupe, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761966293 ISBN 13: 9780761966296

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

 "Evidently, the time has come to describe and assess the shift and its effects on policies per se. And this book does so brilliantly. It takes stock of the relevant literature and also identifies significant theoretical issues as well as practical problems associated with public implementation in the new context of governance. Thus, the book is depicted as a state-of-the-art on public policy implementation"
--CHOICE

Bringing the major current insights in implementation research and theory together, Public Policy, Implementation and Governance reviews the literature on public policy implementation, relating it to contemporary developments in thinking about governance.

The text stresses the continuing importance of a focus upon implementation processes and explores its central relevance to the practice of public administration. In light of the changing nature of governance, Hill and Hupe suggest strategies for both future research on and management of public policy implementation. Their basic approach is two-fold: firstly, to understand the process of implementation and secondly, to address how one might control and affect this process.

Re-exploring the state of the art of the study of implementation as a sub-discipline of political science and public administration, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers in public policy, social policy, public management, public adminstration and governance.

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About the Author

Michael Hill is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy of the University of Newcastle, and Visiting Professor in the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics and in the School of Applied Social Science University of Brighton. Michael has published widely on the topic of public policy, and most recently co-edited the SAGE major work Public Policy (with P. Hupe, published 2012). Over the years his research interests have focussed on varied topics such as race relations, unemployment, housing, social security and housing benefit He was given a lifetime achievement award by the Social Policy Association in 2009.

Review

`This is an excellent and much needed book. Hill and Hupe have provided a

well written and highly accessible account of the development of

implementation studies which will be immensely valuable to everyone

concerned with understanding implementation in modern policy making.′ - Professor Wayne Parsons, University of London

"Evidently, the time has come to describe and assess the shift and its effects on policies per se. And this book does so brilliantly. It takes stock of the relevant literature and also identifies significant theoretical issues as well as practical problems associated with public implementation in the new context of governance. Thus, the book is depicted as a state-of-the-art on public policy implementation"

Author: CHOICE

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0761966293
• ISBN 13: 9780761966296
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232