Implementation research and policy design: problem tractability, policy theory, and feasibility testing

Hoppe, Robert; Graaf, H. van de; Dijk, Asje van

doi:10.1177/002085238705300407

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“…Beck 1994;Norgaard 1994). The linear, unilateral model of rational planning has been reformulated into 'forward and backward mapping' between problem definitions and assessments of policy solutions (Fischer 1980;Schön 1983;Elmore 1985;Hoppe et al 1987;Bobrow and Dryzek 1987;Forester 1984Forester , 1999. Planning has been renamed as long-term policy design, with policy design conceived as an interactive process of constructing and shaping political reality (Stone 1988;Schneider and Ingram 1990, 1997.…”

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Designing long-term policy: rethinking transition management

2009

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Designing long-term policy: rethinking transition management

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“…Implementation often produces merely symbolic effects (Hoppe et al 1987), or even nondecisions (Bachrach and Baratz 1963) that are parts of the usual portfolio of actions of public authorities and that can be crowned with political success (Marsh and McConnell 2010). However, if we understand vulnerability to climate change impacts as the broad issue to be resolved through adaptation policy (Doria et al 2009), then "implementation success" should be defined as the capacity to produce policy outputs that contribute substantially to reducing the vulnerability to climate change of actor groups, sectors, or geographical areas (Dupuis and Biesbroek 2013).…”

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The Adaptation Policy Paradox: the Implementation Deficit of Policies Framed as Climate Change Adaptation

Dupuis¹,

Knoepfel²

2013

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ABSTRACT. The implementation of adaptation policies suffers from barriers and limits; even though adaptation is now set on the political agendas of developed and developing countries, surprisingly few examples of concrete policy realizations are found in comparative assessments. We investigate how the framings of adaptation as a policy problem can relate to tractability issues in implementation. We distinguish three framings of adaptation: climate change adaptation (CCA), climate variability adaptation (CVA), and vulnerability-centered adaptation (VCA) that imply conflicting interpretations of the collective problem to be solved and the goals to be attained through policy solutions. Through the methodology of comparative case studies, we conduct an empirical analysis of three implementation processes in India and Switzerland, and examine how adaptation framings translate into formal policy design and concrete policy realizations. We find that, regardless of the adaptive capacity of the country where implementation takes place, the CCA framing meets more tractability issues than the VCA framing. Therefore, we discuss the paradox that the innovative and additional CCA types of policies, advocated by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), are more likely to face a deficit in implementation according to our analysis.

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“…The concept of feasibility testing was introduced into policy science to support such ways of policymaking (Hoppe, van de Graaf, and van Dijk 1987) by urging policy designers to ask themselves systematically questions such as the following.…”

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Technology Assessment as Learning

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Graaf

1996

Science, Technology, & Human Values

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This article addresses the question of how policymakers could deliberately influence processes of technology development. Using the development of wind turbines in Denmark as an example, the article describes the frames of meaning guiding the actions of those involved in the three subprocesses of policymaking, the generation of new technologies, and the management of the firms that bring new artifacts to the market. The three types of actors share an interest in one notion: the meaning of a technological artifact. This notion, however, plays a different role in the respective frames of meaning of the actors. For policymakers and managers, it is an instrumental notion. For technologists, it provides guidance to their activities. The shared interest affords the possibility of reaching common action with only congruent (not necessarily shared) meanings. Interactive forms of technology assessment can play a central role in bringing about such congruent meanings and thus in influencing the generation of new technologies.For better or worse, technology thoroughly permeates our societies. Technological developments have brought many blessings but also many threats. The desired or promised blessings do not always materialize, and preventing or reducing threats poses challenges that all too often cannot be met satisfactorily. This lack of success in effectively controlling technological development to keep it in line with social needs and political aims is disappointing in view of the longstanding public and political concerns about the negative impacts of technology in many areas and the desire to mobilize technology for positive objectives such as sustainable development (Smits and Leyten 1991 ). Apparently, the challenge is indeed very difficult to meet. AUTHORS' NOTE: We are grateful for having had the opportunity of presenting the ideas presented in this article in useful discussions with various colleagues in Denmark, in the Science

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Implementation research and policy design: problem tractability, policy theory, and feasibility testing

Cited by 18 publications

References 5 publications

Designing long-term policy: rethinking transition management

Designing long-term policy: rethinking transition management

The Adaptation Policy Paradox: the Implementation Deficit of Policies Framed as Climate Change Adaptation

Technology Assessment as Learning

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