Policy Implementation in Federal and Unitary Systems: Questions of Analysis and Design

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Multiorganizational Arrangements in the Governance of Unitary and Federal Political Systems....Pages 1-16
Beyond Organizational Design: Contextuality and the Political Theory of Public Policy....Pages 17-28
Creative Imagination and Appropriate Assemblies....Pages 29-31
Forward and Backword Mapping: Reversible Logic in the Analysis of Public Policy....Pages 33-70
Policy Subsystems as a Unit of Analysis in Implementation Studies: A Struggle for Theoretical Synthesis....Pages 71-96
The Unit of Analysis as a Methodological Problem:....Pages 97-103
Policy Subsystems, Networks and the Tools of Public Management....Pages 105-130
Small Firm Employment Creation: An Assistance Structure Explanation....Pages 131-156
Implementation Structures and the Importance of Local Actors....Pages 157-159
Metropolitan Structure and Systemic Performance the Case of Police Service Delivery....Pages 161-191
Fragmented Policy Organizations....Pages 193-199
Diffusion of Responsibility: An Interorganizational Analysis 1)....Pages 201-225
The Structural Context of Responsibility 1)....Pages 227-234
Racial Inequalities in Low-Income Central City and Suburban Communities: The Case of Police Services....Pages 235-265
Social Structure and Social Praxis in Interorganizational Policy Analysis....Pages 267-281
Interorganizational Analysis: A Field for Social Praxis Based on Social Structure, or Strategic Choice and Reticulist Judgements?....Pages 283-295
Reflections on Bridge-Building in Complex Terrains:....Pages 297-300
Strategic Interaction, Learning and Policy Evolution: A Synthetic Model....Pages 301-333
Implementation Research and Institutional Design: The Quest for Structure....Pages 335-354