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Political Decisions and Agency Performances by Rene Torenvlied
Analyzes the implementation of controversial public policy. This work provides framework for testing competing theories, ranging from Max Weber's bureaucracy theory and Woodrow Wilson's theory of administration to ideas on how the legislature controls the bureaucracy. It combines ideas about policy implementation drawn from different disciplines.This work analyzes the implementation of controversial public policy. A single, overarching model provides the framework for testing competing theories, ranging from Max Weber's bureaucracy theory and Woodrow Wilson's theory of administration to more recent ideas on how the legislature controls the bureaucracy. The model combines ideas about policy implementation drawn from different disciplines: political science, public administration, sociology and economics.The author uses a novel empirical test design to measure agency performance and deviations from political decisions taken in three Dutch local authorities. In contrast to more conventional implementation studies, this work adopts a 'few variables, many cases' approach. The model and empirical tests, which are fully clarified in the book, together offer a novel framework for the analysis of complex implementation processes. A previous version of the book (written in Dutch) was awarded the prestigious Van Poelje prize of the Dutch Association for Public Administration and the 1996 annual award of the Dutch Political Science Association. |
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| Author(s) : Rene Torenvlied | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0792360923 | ISBN-13 : 9780792360926 |
| RRP : £115.50 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Library of Public Policy & Public Administration S.
Country Publication : Netherlands
Publication Date : 01/12/1999
Publisher : Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Page Length : 312mm
Page Size : 230mm