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" Political Decisions and Agency Performance "
by René Torenvlied.
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BL
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775878
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b595874
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by René Torenvlied.
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Political Decisions and Agency Performance\ by René Torenvlied.
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Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000
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Library of public policy and public administration, 2.
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(xvii, 292 pages)
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9401142858
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: 9789401142854
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1. the Paradox of Compliance --; 1.1. A Paradoxical Finding --; 1.2. Policy Analysis by 'Modeling Through' --; 1.3. Research Object: Social Renewal --; 1.4. Plan of the Book --; 2. Implementers Constrained? --; 2.1. Neo-Classical Models of the Bureaucracy --; 2.2. Substantial Preferences of Agencies --; 2.3. Neo-Institutional Models of the Bureaucracy --; 2.4. Political Conflict Models --; 3. Overarching Model of Policy Implementation --; 3.1. Introduction --; 3.2. The Basis of the Model: Policy Issues --; 3.3. Collective Decisions and Individual Preferences --; 3.4. Foundations of a Simple Model of Implementation --; 3.5. Model Elaboration: Effects of Political Conflict --; 3.6. Variations in Political Opportunism and Control --; 3.7. Model Comparison and Testing --; 4. Testing Simple Models in Complex Settings --; 4.1. Introduction --; 4.2. Research Design --; 4.3. Selection: Justification and Procedure --; 4.4. Research Using Key Informants --; 4.5. Operationalization and Measurement of the Variables --; 5. Social Renewal: Interests and Implementation --; 5.1. Social Renewal in Three Local Authorities --; 5.2. Social Renewal in Weststellingwerf --; 5.3. Restructuring Social-Cultural Work in Groningen --; 5.4. Neighborhood Oriented Work in Arnhem --; 5.5. Conclusion --; 6. Towards an Integrated Prediction Model --; 6.1. Introduction --; 6.2. Testing the Mixed Model --; 6.3. Testing the Models with Political Conflict --; 6.4. An Integrated Prognostic Model --; 6.5. Conclusion --; 7. Where Politics Makes Sense --; 7.1. Nothing is Sacred --; 7.2. Room for Maneuver or Political Control --; 7.3. Deviating by Consent? --; 7.4. Predicting Policy Performances --; 7.5. Don't Bash Bureaucracy --; Appendices --; Appendix 1. Mathematical Appendix --; 1. Derivation of the simple implementation model --; 2. Mathematical representation of the tolerance interval --; 3. Glossary of notations and terms --; Appendix 2. Overview of Selected Policy Issues --; Appendix 3. Actors Involved and Characteristics --; Appendix 4. Overview of Selected Policy Performances --; Appendix 5. Policy Documents and Dutch Reports --; References.
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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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Economic policy.
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Social sciences.
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H97.B974 2000
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René Torenvlied
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