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Implementation & Evaluation
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Topics
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 | Ways policy is transformed during the implementation |
| Top-down vs. bottom-up & other theories |
| Implementation problems |
| Transaction costs |
| Critical paths & other program planning
techniques |
| Program evaluation |
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Readings
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| Patton & Sawicki, 362 - 397 |
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Lecture Notes
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| Download as an adobe acrobat file (to be added) |
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Web Resources
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| To be added |
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Books of Possible Interest
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| Some
good books on policy implementation include: |
| Goggin,
Malcolm L., Ann O’M. Bowman, James P. Lester, and Laurence J.
O’Toole, Jr.. 1990. Implementation Theory and Practice: Toward a
Third Generation. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman/Little, Brown
Higher Education. |
| Ingram,
Helen. 1990. “Implementation: A Review and Suggested Framework.”
In Naomi B. Lynn and Aaron Wildavsky (eds.) Public Administration:
The State of the Discipline. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House
Publishers. |
| Matland,
Richard E.. 1995. “Synthesizing the Implementation Literature: The
Ambiguity-Conflict Model of Policy Implementation.” Journal of
Public Administration Research and Theory 5 (no. 2): 145-174. |
| Mazmanian,
Daniel A. and Paul A. Sabatier. 1983. Implementation and Public
Policy. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company. |
| Pressman,
Jeffrey L. and Aaron Wildavsky. 1984, Implementation.
3rd Edition. Berkeley,
CA: University of California Press. |
| Sabatier,
Paul A. and Hank C. Jenkins-Smith. 1993. Policy Change and
Learning: An Advocacy Coalition Approach. Boulder, CO: Westview
Press. |
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good books and readings on institutional analysis include: |
| Ostrom,
Elinor. 1990. Governing the
Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. New
York, NY: Cambridge University Press |
| Ostrom,
Elinor, Larry Schroeder, and Susan Wynne. 1993. Institutional Incentives and Sustainable Development. Boulder, CO:
Westview Press |
| Elmore,
Richard F. 1985. “Forward and Backward Mapping: Reversible Logic in
the Analyses of Public Policy.” in Kenneth Hanf and Theo A. J.
Toonen (eds.) Policy Implementation in Federal and Unitary Systems;
Questions of Analysis and Design. Boston, MA: Maartinus Nijhoff
Publishers. pp. 33 - 70. |
| Kiser,
Larry L. and Elinor Ostrom. 1982. “The Three Worlds of Action: A
Metatheoretical Synthesis of Institutional Approaches.” in Elinor
Ostrom (ed.) Strategies for Political Inquiry. Beverly Hills,
CA: Sage. pp. 179 - 222. |
| Komesar,
Neil K.. 1994. Imperfect
Alternatives: Choosing Institutions in Law, Economics, and Public
Policy. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. |
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good books on program evaluation include: |
| Wholey,
Joseph S., Harry P. Hatry, and Kathryn E. Newcomer (eds.). 1994. Handbook
of Practical Program Evaluation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Publishers. |
| Cook,
Thomas D. And Donald T. Campbell. 1979. Quasi-Experimentation:
Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings. Boston, MA:
Houghton Mifflin Company. |
| Patton,
Michael Quinn. 1990. Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods.
Second Edition. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Publications. |
| Rossi,
Peter H. and Howard E. Freeman. 1993. Evaluation: A Systematic
Approach. Fifth Edition. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. |
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