What Ever Happened to Policy Implementation? An Alternative Approach

deLeon, Peter; deLeon, Linda

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“…These can be seen as more modern efforts to shape and fix implementation games (Bardach 1977 Matland (1995). DeLeon and deLeon (2002) suggest that a 'consensual theory of implementation' should be developed and, as we discuss below, Patashnik (2008) sees implementation as the next and sustained round of political and policy debate. To some extent, their approach seeks to explicitly recognise and bring politicians back into implementation analysis.…”

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Is Implementation Only About Policy Execution?: Advice for public sector leaders from the literature

Lindquist¹,

Wanna²

2015

New Accountabilities, New Challenges

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Is Implementation Only About Policy Execution?: Advice for public sector leaders from the literature

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Wanna²

2015

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“…The authors present in their policy cycle the basic stages of formulation, implementation and evaluation (FREY, 2000;DELEON and DELEON, 2002). There is general understanding that this perfect consecutive ordering (linearity) of stages hardly occurs in practice, but this framework is a relevant reference for the analysis of public policies (HAM and HILL, 1993;FREY, 2000).…”

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“…In this sense, some scholars of public policy recommend the adoption of more democratic ways of dealing with the delivery of public goods and services (BRINKERHOFF, 1996;O'TOOLE JUNIOR, 2000;DENHARDT, 2012;PAULA, 2012;and RANTAMAKI, 2017), suggesting they are a promising direction for the field of implementation (DELEON and DELEON, 2002). These authors clarify that a democratically oriented implementation would be one in which there is direct or indirect participation of the population, and more direct forms of participation are preferred.…”

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“…This greater social participation in the public sphere is directly aligned with democratic values, highlighting the relevance of each citizen to the proper functioning of the State (DENHARDT, 2012;VANLEENE, VERSCHUERE and VOETS, 2016). DeLeon and DeLeon (2002) consider the issue of social participation in implementation as a "bet", remembering that the last decades showed that there is no "best" solution for all cases and situations. Likewise, Paula (2012, p.180) affirms that democratic participation breaks with consolidated administrative models, "because they are not capable of reflecting the complexity of political and social processes".…”

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“…Co-production is a cooperative relationship between professionals and users of public services in the production of public policy (PARKS, BAKER, KISER et al, 1981;DELEON and DELEON, 2002;OSTROM, 1996; BOVAIRD, VAN RYZIN, LOEFFLER et al, 2015;RANTAMAKI, 2017), in which active participation of users is crucial for public policy objectives to be effectively achieved (PARKS, BAKER, KISER et al, 1981;ALFORD, 1998;RYAN, 2012; BOVAIRD, VAN RYZIN, LOEFFLER et al, 2015). According to Alford (1998, p. 129), "co-production is not just a nice thing to have like volunteer assistance.…”

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This article explores the intersection of policy implementation, conflict/peacebuilding, and the role of the EU PEACE program in Northern Ireland (NI). Conflict societies see a great investment of external funds, attempting to promote conflict resolution. Specifically, this article analyses the fourth wave of such funding in NI to examine why the EU PEACE program has not fully brought about its intended policy outcomes. Using Matland's conflict‐ambiguity model of policy implementation, we identify how EU funds can be skewed to support local political interests. Simultaneously, the EU PEACE program continues to adhere to strict implementation criteria that makes little sense given the local context. Therefore, contrary to its objectives, the implementation of EU funding can compound rather than ameliorate divisions in postconflict NI. Instead of prescribing strict implementation criteria, EU policy could focus on improving the administrative capacity and discretion of local administration in devising locally relevant implementation strategies.

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What Ever Happened to Policy Implementation? An Alternative Approach

Abstract: We are grateful to many of the participants for their insightful comments.

Cited by 277 publications

References 14 publications

Is Implementation Only About Policy Execution?: Advice for public sector leaders from the literature

Is Implementation Only About Policy Execution?: Advice for public sector leaders from the literature

Reflexões conceituais em coprodução de políticas públicas e apontamentos para uma agenda de pesquisa

EU PEACE funding: The policy implementation deficit

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