Ch7 Policy implementation

Question 1

Rational model top down, Sabatier & Mazmanian

Answer 1

1. clear and logically consistent objectives
2. adequate causal theory
3. an implementation process structured to enhance compliance by implementers

Question 2

Bottom-up, Lypsky

Answer 2

Approach to analysing and explaining policy implementation that focuses on how local-level actors and contextual factors influence policy implementation.

Question 3

Principal-agent theory

Answer 3

Theory of organizational and government behaviour that focuses on the relationship between principals and their agents, together with the contracts or agreements that enable the purchaser to specify what is to be provided and check that this has been accomplished.

Question 4

Complicating factors principal-agent theory

Answer 4

• Content of policy problem
• The context
• The machinery required to implement

Question 5

Aspects New Public Management

Answer 5

• Clarification of roles and responsibilities
• Contracting out of services to the private sector
• Performance assessment
• Setting standards

Question 6

Advocacy coalition

Answer 6

Group within a policy sub-system distinguished by a shared set of norms, beliefs and resources. Can include politicians, civil servants, members of interest groups, journalists and academics who share ideas about policy goals and to a lesser extent about solutions.

Question 7

Implementation gap

Answer 7

Difference between what the policy architect intended and the end-result of a policy

Question 8

Policy instrument

Answer 8

One of the range of options at the disposal of the policy maker in order to give effect to a policy goal

Question 9

Street-level bureaucrats

Answer 9

Front-line staff involved in delivering public services to members of the public who have some discretion in how they apply the objectives and principles of policies handed down to them