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Policy Implementation, Policy Development, and Policy Change: The Youth Training Scheme

Policy Implementation, Policy Development, and Policy Change: The Youth Training Scheme Policy Implementation, Policy Development, and Policy Change: The Youth Training Scheme Joan K. Stringer, Robert Gordon's Institute of Aberdeen Technology, and Peter Williamson, University ofAberdeen Introduction In the 1970s the focus of attention in both political and turned policy analysis to the issue of as the factor of quite dramatically implementation key explanatory why Government policies often seriously failed to have the intended. impact (Pressman and Wildavsky, 1973;Derthick, 1972. Cf Elmore, 1978) In brief, it was argued that due to uncertainty (eg over goals), complexity, and conflict among and them and and implementors between policy makers, decisions actions taken during the implementation process were unlikely in most instances to conform to the and original policy plan. (Sabatier Mazmanian, 1981; Williams and Elmore, 1976; Gunn, 1978; Hood, 1976; Dunsire, 1978 (a) (b); Montjoy and O'Toole, 1979; Van Meter and authorities were Baradach, 1977; Van Horn, 1975) Public facing a of the intentions widespread problem 'implementation gap' between and outcomes. By the end of the decade, however, several writers were proposing that this emphasis on non-conformity during the implementation both in process, descriptive and was prescriptive terms, misplaced. (Barrett and Fudge, 1981; Barrett and Hill, 1984; Hjern and Hull, 1982; Majone http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Policy and Administration SAGE

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0952-0767
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Policy Implementation, Policy Development, and Policy Change: The Youth Training Scheme Joan K. Stringer, Robert Gordon's Institute of Aberdeen Technology, and Peter Williamson, University ofAberdeen Introduction In the 1970s the focus of attention in both political and turned policy analysis to the issue of as the factor of quite dramatically implementation key explanatory why Government policies often seriously failed to have the intended. impact (Pressman and Wildavsky, 1973;Derthick, 1972. Cf Elmore, 1978) In brief, it was argued that due to uncertainty (eg over goals), complexity, and conflict among and them and and implementors between policy makers, decisions actions taken during the implementation process were unlikely in most instances to conform to the and original policy plan. (Sabatier Mazmanian, 1981; Williams and Elmore, 1976; Gunn, 1978; Hood, 1976; Dunsire, 1978 (a) (b); Montjoy and O'Toole, 1979; Van Meter and authorities were Baradach, 1977; Van Horn, 1975) Public facing a of the intentions widespread problem 'implementation gap' between and outcomes. By the end of the decade, however, several writers were proposing that this emphasis on non-conformity during the implementation both in process, descriptive and was prescriptive terms, misplaced. (Barrett and Fudge, 1981; Barrett and Hill, 1984; Hjern and Hull, 1982; Majone

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Public Policy and AdministrationSAGE

Published: Jul 1, 1987

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