2019
DOI: 10.2478/admin-2019-0011
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Policy success/policy failure: A framework for understanding policy choices

Abstract: Some policies fail to achieve their goals and some succeed. More often than not, it is unclear whether a policy has been a success or a failure, sometimes because the goal was not clear, or because there were a multitude of goals. In this introduction to this special issue we discuss what we mean by policy success and failure, and assume that policy success or failure is ultimately the result of the decision-making process: policy success results from good policies, which tend to come from good decisions, whic… Show more

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“…Her study recognises that the ceding of power from the public sphere, to a reliance on the private sector, has resulted in the market being considered as the only path to remedy systemic market failure in the provision of affordable housing. Fitzgerald et al (2019) recognise a similar reduction in policy options in Ireland. This path dependency is also acknowledged in the Irish policy context by Norris (2014Norris ( , 2016 and Lewis (2019), typified by the consensus on home ownership (and inertia around creating a viable rental system that would equate to home ownership), supported by 'the innate conservatism of Irish politics' resulting in the limited proposals for, and instigation of, change (Ferriter, 2004, p. 19).…”
Section: Policymentioning
confidence: 84%
“…Her study recognises that the ceding of power from the public sphere, to a reliance on the private sector, has resulted in the market being considered as the only path to remedy systemic market failure in the provision of affordable housing. Fitzgerald et al (2019) recognise a similar reduction in policy options in Ireland. This path dependency is also acknowledged in the Irish policy context by Norris (2014Norris ( , 2016 and Lewis (2019), typified by the consensus on home ownership (and inertia around creating a viable rental system that would equate to home ownership), supported by 'the innate conservatism of Irish politics' resulting in the limited proposals for, and instigation of, change (Ferriter, 2004, p. 19).…”
Section: Policymentioning
confidence: 84%
“…They are often expected to create the institutional environment necessary for transfer and implementation of EU policies into their own national context. Consequently, there is a common understanding that policy implementation failure or success depends strictly upon the recipient country and not on policy makers, that is, donors (FitzGerald et al, 2019). In short, there is little attention to the notion of policy ownership that undermines the effectiveness of EU norm diffusion (Koff et al, 2020).…”
Section: Mots-clés : Action Collective Cedaw éGalité Des Genres Népal...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This has led to success 'so far'. (Fforde 2020) The credibility of Vietnam's government and public health communication efforts was also strengthened by the public's perception about Vietnam's improved governance. According to Nguyen and Malesky (2020), "Vietnam's strengthened state capacity during these past months is the culmination of a deliberate, sustained effort to improve governance … upward trends in healthcare access, transparency, and overall local governance suggest that effective local-central coordination plays an important role implementing national policies" (n.p.).…”
Section: Success Factors For Covid-19 Mitigationmentioning
confidence: 99%