Policy Implementation

Research Paper # 99305

Political Science
Public Administration
Sociology

This paper provides an assessment of strategies to promote public policy implementation.

2,281 words () | 6 sources | MLA | 2007 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper explains that the study of policy implementation is necessary in order to isolate strategies that have been effective in promoting policy change and effective policy implementation. The paper examines the works of three authors who have been active in improving the quality of the research on public policy; Charles E. Merriam, Michael Lipsky and Thomas R. Dye. The paper also describes the problems facing those responsible for public policy implementation and facing public policy researchers. To illustrate the scope of these problems, the paper uses the example of initial research into HIV/AIDS.

Outline:
Introduction
Three Noted Public Policy Researchers
Problems Facing Public Policy Researchers
Possible Reforms in Policy Implementation Research

From the Paper:

"Study of policy implementation is necessary in order to isolate strategies that have been effective in promoting policy change and effective policy implementation. Persons who are prominent members of the policy change process are often classified as political activists, but there are numerous authors and analysts whose perceptions have helped facilitate a greater understanding of the policy change process. While not generally recognized as prominent social or political activists, such persons have nonetheless added a significant contribution to the overall study of public policy in general, and facilitating change and implementation in particular."

Sample of Sources Used:

Dye, Thomas R. "Party and Policy in the States." Journal of Politics. Vol. 46 (4). November, 1984. pp. 1097 - 1116.
Gilbert, N. & Terrell, P. Social Welfare Policy (Sixth Edition). New York: Allyn and Bacon. 2005.
Haynes, K. & Mickelson, J. Affecting Change: Social Workers in the Political Arena. (Sixth Ed.) New York: Longman. 2005.
Lipsky, M. Street Level Bureaucracy. Los Angeles (CA): Russell Sage Foundation Publications. 1983.
Mancoske, R. J. & J. D. Smith. Practice Issues in HIV/AIDS Services: Empowerment Models and Program Applications. New York: Haworth Press. 2004.