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A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE ON POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: THE FALLACIES OF MISPLACED PRESCRIPTION
Author(s) -
Linder Stephen H.,
Peters B. Guy
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1987.tb00761.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , medical prescription , management science , political science , public administration , computer science , positive economics , operations research , economics , law and economics , sociology , engineering , artificial intelligence , medicine , pharmacology
Implementation has been used to try to explain too much, particularly that policy formulation should be oriented around implementation. The concentration on implementation has added little to our theoretical understanding of policymaking. Implementation studies have taken either “The Horrors of War” or “The Search for Theory” views. The latter has four major views, none of which is adequate. The best approach is to treat implementation as only one of a number of conditions which must be fulfilled for successful policymaking. The design perspection, explained in the paper, is the best approach for this.