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Political Decisions and Agency Performance

All over the world, many people who live in urban areas find themselves in an arduous social situation. In the third world, people in overcrowded metropolitan areas have a problem in maintaining even the slightest standards of living. But also richer parts of the world, the United States, Europe and...

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Main Author: Torenvlied, R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
Series:Library of Public Policy and Public Administration
Subjects:
Economic Policy
Political Science
Sociology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Appendix 3. Actors Involved and Characteristics
  • Appendix 4. Overview of Selected Policy Performances
  • Appendix 5. Policy Documents and Dutch Reports
  • References
  • 1. the Paradox of Compliance
  • 1.1. A Paradoxical Finding
  • 1.2. Policy Analysis by “Modeling Through”
  • 1.3. Research Object: Social Renewal
  • 1.4. Plan of the Book
  • 2. Implementers Constrained?
  • 2.1. Neo-Classical Models of the Bureaucracy
  • 2.2. Substantial Preferences of Agencies
  • 2.3. Neo-Institutional Models of the Bureaucracy
  • 2.4. Political Conflict Models
  • 3. Overarching Model of Policy Implementation
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. The Basis of the Model: Policy Issues
  • 3.3. Collective Decisions and Individual Preferences
  • 3.4. Foundations of a Simple Model of Implementation
  • 3.5. Model Elaboration: Effects of Political Conflict
  • 3.6. Variations in Political Opportunism and Control
  • 3.7. Model Comparison and Testing
  • 4. Testing Simple Models in Complex Settings
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Research Design
  • 4.3. Selection: Justification and Procedure
  • 4.4. Research Using Key Informants
  • 4.5. Operationalization and Measurement of the Variables
  • 5. Social Renewal: Interests and Implementation
  • 5.1. Social Renewal in Three Local Authorities
  • 5.2. Social Renewal in Weststellingwerf
  • 5.3. Restructuring Social-Cultural Work in Groningen
  • 5.4. Neighborhood Oriented Work in Arnhem
  • 5.5. Conclusion
  • 6. Towards an Integrated Prediction Model
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Testing the Mixed Model
  • 6.3. Testing the Models with Political Conflict
  • 6.4. An Integrated Prognostic Model
  • 6.5. Conclusion
  • 7. Where Politics Makes Sense
  • 7.1. Nothing is Sacred
  • 7.2. Room for Maneuver or Political Control
  • 7.3. Deviating by Consent?
  • 7.4. Predicting Policy Performances
  • 7.5. Don’t Bash Bureaucracy
  • Appendices
  • Appendix 1. Mathematical Appendix
  • 1. Derivation of the simple implementation model
  • 2. Mathematical representation of the tolerance interval.-3. Glossary of notations and terms
  • Appendix 2. Overview of Selected Policy Issues

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