Three substantial new chapters and a new preface in this third edition explore and elaborate the relationship between the evaluation of programs and the study of their implementation. The authors suggest that tendencies to assimilate the two should be resisted. Evaluation should retain its enlightenment function while the study of implementation should strengthen its focus on learning.
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Pressman and Wildavsky does an excellent job pointing out the many obstacles that can occur with policy implementation. Far too often, policy-makers create policy without giving much thought to the implementation. In reality, the way policy is implemented actually establishes the policy.
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This book was a college epiphany for me. "Geez, the answers to the world's policy issues may be a bit more complicated than I thought. I may have more to consider." I credit the authors, and a great professor for helping me consider the two halves of the puzzle - strategy and execution. One without the other accomplishes nothing, and they both can affect the other in very dynamic ways. My thinking became less naive, and less ego-centric that semester. I wish all my college readings had such a long lasting impact.
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On the morning of April 25,1966, the Wall Street Journal ran the following headline: "URBAN AID KICKOFF: ADMINISTRATION SELECTS OAKLAND AS FIRST CITY IN REBUILDING PROGRAM." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hangar project, undesigned consequences, implementation analysts, business loans program, employment premium, port commissioners, terminal project, employment plan, urban experiment, studying implementation, effective policy implementation, unemployed minorities, marine terminal, clearance points, moderate delay, minority unemployed, interim financing, implementation analysis, skills center Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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On the morning of April 25,1966, the Wall Street Journal ran the following headline: "URBAN AID KICKOFF: ADMINISTRATION SELECTS OAKLAND AS FIRST CITY IN REBUILDING PROGRAM." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hangar project, undesigned consequences, implementation analysts, business loans program, employment premium, port commissioners, terminal project, employment plan, urban experiment, studying implementation, effective policy implementation, unemployed minorities, marine terminal, clearance points, moderate delay, minority unemployed, interim financing, implementation analysis, skills center Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Airways, Port of Oakland, West Oakland, New York, Aaron Wildavsky, Ross Davis, East Bay, United States, Amory Bradford, Western Area Office, San Francisco, Alameda County, Office of Public Works, Oakland Tribune, Los Angeles, Eugene Foley, General Accounting Office, George Karras, Mayor Reading, Ben Nutter, Budget Bureau, City Hall, Economic Development Administration, White House, Mayor Houlihan New!
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- Speaking Truth to Power by Aaron Wildavsky on 7 pages
- Implementation and Public Policy by Daniel A. Mazmanian on 4 pages
- The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis by Aaron Wildavsky on page 172, page 186, and Back Matter
- Politics of Policy Implementation by Robert T. Nakamura on page 211, page 212, and Back Matter
- The Implementation Game: What Happens After a Bill Becomes a Law (MIT Studies in American POlitics and Public Policy) by Eugene Bardach on page 173, page 213, and Back Matter
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