Government with a Cast of Thousands

Page, Edward C.; Jenkins, Bill

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“…Creating a more efficient policy-making environment in public administrative systems requires an institutionalization of the various sorts of applied policy analysis, which can be subsumed under the label of policy bureaucracy (Page and Jenkins, 2005). The process of developing policy analysis within the administrative systems includes various dimensions of "analysis for policy" envisaged by Lasswell (Meltsner, 1976).…”

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Evidence-Based Policy Making and the Implementation of Regulatory Impact Assessment in Croatia

Petak¹

2015

MBA.CE

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Purpose: This study is dealing with the application of evidence-based policy-making in Croatian public administration and the general role of applied policy analysis in the Croatian system of governance.Methodology: This development is illustrated by the peculiarities of introducing regulatory impact assessment (RIA) tools in Croatian public administrative structures. Findings:The author is pointing out various limitations in the usage of policy analysis tools in formulating, implementing and evaluating public policies in Croatia. The crucial role of RIA for enhancing executive capacity of governance structures is particularly stressed in the study. The final part of the article is devoted to the prospects of further development of RIA as an applied policy analysis tool within the Croatian system of governance.

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Section: Governance and Applied Policy Analysismentioning

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Evidence-Based Policy Making and the Implementation of Regulatory Impact Assessment in Croatia

Petak¹

2015

MBA.CE

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“…While data have not previously been collected and analysed systematically, it has been long asserted that the 'consultative' system involving organized interests and the bureaucracy (1) is important alongside the parliamentary (McKenzie 1958;Rose 1984), (2) constitutes the British (and Scottish) 'policy style' (Richardson and Jordan 1979;Jordan and Richardson 1987;Cairney 2008), and (3) is the 'orthodox' UK public policy approach (Grant 2001). Others have highlighted the importance of consultations as core 'policy work' among UK civil servants (Page 2003;Page and Jenkins 2005).…”

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Multiple Arenas, Multiple Populations: Counting Organized Interests in Scottish Public Policy

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MacLeod³

2012

The Scale of Interest Organization in Democratic Politics

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“…The creation of a single body dedicated to youth justice at the centre was intended 4 Following Page and Jenkins (2005) and Rock (2004) I have tried to give a sense of the diversity of research participants in this paper by providing contextual detail of their role where relevant: a Board Member, Chair, senior official, the architect of the regional strategy, and so on. 5 While further discussion is out of the scope of this paper, it is important to note that youth justice services are partially devolved in Wales and there are therefore some important differences in the YJB's responsibilities and operation.…”

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“…In their study of middle-ranking civil servants, Page and Jenkins (2005) argue that policy making is an inevitable consequence of translating policy ideas into action: the details of ministerial directives require elaboration by those officials charged with implementing them, yet discretion in relation to even small questions of implementation can result in the initiation of new ideas, or define the overall shape of a policy.…”

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Creating the Youth Justice Board: Policy and policy making in English and Welsh youth justice

Souhami

2014

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Despite continuing interest in English and Welsh youth justice policy there has been little critical engagement with the nature of policy itself. Instead, analyses share a common methodological position whereby 'policy' is equated with policy 'products' (such as legislation or ministerial speeches). This article argues that to understand youth justice policy a wider view is required of what constitutes policy, and where and by whom it is made. It explores how policy is produced in the complex arena of social practice which, following the establishment of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (YJB), now constitutes the central operation of the system. Through the creation of the YJB the central youth justice system became essentially undefined. This not only gave YJB officials significant influence in shaping the direction of the youth justice system, but a broad and flexible arena in which to act. Moreover it enabled them to do so according to values and objectives potentially unconnected to ministerial outcomes. Drawing on an ethnographic study of the operation of the YJB, this article explores the policy-making work of YJB officials through the transformation of the role and activities of the YJB itself, comparing the initial parameters of its operation to the way it was defined in action. The article discusses the implications for understanding New Labour's English and Welsh youth justice policy, and the nature of 'policy' itself.

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Government with a Cast of Thousands

Cited by 71 publications

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Evidence-Based Policy Making and the Implementation of Regulatory Impact Assessment in Croatia

Evidence-Based Policy Making and the Implementation of Regulatory Impact Assessment in Croatia

Multiple Arenas, Multiple Populations: Counting Organized Interests in Scottish Public Policy

Creating the Youth Justice Board: Policy and policy making in English and Welsh youth justice

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