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Policy Design and Implementation Effectiveness
Author(s) -
Lippincott Ronald C.,
Stoker Robert P.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1992.tb00165.x
Subject(s) - externalization , redistribution (election) , supreme court , institution , political science , public administration , dispute resolution , business , law , social psychology , psychology , politics
This study examines the successful implementation of a major structural change in a county criminal court, an institution particularly resistant to change. Implementation effectiveness is mainly attributed to policy design factors, especially the establishment by “lop” slate Supreme Court officials of an institutional mechanism to implement their selected policy goals. Composed of hey county court participants at the “bottom,” the mechanism facilitated lateral coordination among divergent interests by providing a forum for bargaining and the resolution of disputes. The bargaining entailed the distribution of benefits, as well as the externalization and redistribution of costs, arising from the structural changes.