The Implementation of Public Policy: Still the Missing Link Academic Article

abstract

• Although theories of public policy and theories of governance both seek to establish relationships between policymaking and its consequences, they do not complement each other very well. Public policy models tend to deemphasize that which governance theories tend to emphasize: the influence on government performance of implementation, broadly described as the actions taken by those engaged in administration (including managers at all levels, those engaged in service delivery, and thirdparty agents) after a policy has been lawfully promulgated by elected officials and interpreted by the courts. A comparison of a recently developed theory of public sector performance with several prominent theories of policymaking suggests that multilevel governance theories can supply what continues to be the missing link in public policy theories. At the same time, governance theories might be enriched by the process modeling of public policy theories.

authors

• Robichau, Robbie

published proceedings

• Policy Studies Journal

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Robichau, R. W., & Lynn, L. E.

citation count

• 66

publication date

• February 2009

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

keywords

• 16 Peace, Justice And Strong Institutions
• 44 Human Society
• 4407 Policy And Administration
• 4408 Political Science
• 8 Health And Social Care Services Research
• 8.3 Policy, Ethics, And Research Governance
• Generic Health Relevance

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2008.00293.x

start page

• 21

end page

• 36

volume

• 37

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2008.00293.x

user-defined tag

• 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions