Thursday, 03/09: Policy Implementation and Evaluation (Lecture)

Before Class

Readings:

Haggblom, A and A Moller. Implementation of a government policy programme on Operation Kvinnofrid. 2009, Nurs Inq, 16(1): 43-52 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122192686/PDFSTART

Hicklin, A and E. Godwin. Agents of Change: The Role of Managers in Public Policy. 2009, Policy Stud J, 37(1): 13-20. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=106&sid=5eabbfcc-b513-4231-91f9-b0d3a53bcc33%40sessionmgr102&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=bth&AN=36606289

Jaeger, P and Zheng Yan. One Law with Two Outcomes: Comparing the Implementation of CIPA in Public Libraries and Schools. 2009, Inf Tech Lib, 28(1): 6-14 http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.atitle=One+Law+with+Two+Outcomes%3A+Comparing+the+Implementation+of+CIPA+in+Public+Libraries+and+Schools&rft.auinit=P&rft.aulast=Jaeger&rft.date=2009&rft.epage=14&rft.genre=article&rft.issn=0730-9295&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=6&rft.stitle=INFORM+TECHNOL+LIBR&rft.title=INFORMATION+TECHNOLOGY+AND+LIBRARIES&rft.volume=28&rfr_id=info:sid/www.isinet.com:WoK:UA&rft.au=Yan,+Z

Montini, T. and L. Bero, Implementation of a workplace smoking ban in bars: The limits of local discretion. 2008, BMC Public Health, 8: 402-414. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=2633292&blobtype=pdf

Ross, A and S Dovers. Making the Harder Yards: Environmental Policy Integration in Australia. 2008, Aust J Public Admin, 67(3): 245-260 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121382575/PDFSTART

Optional

Recommended Readings:

Pressman, J. and A. Wildavsky. Implementation. 1973, University of California Press: Berkeley, CA

Mazmanian, D. and P. Sabatier. Implementation and Public Policy. 1989, University Press of America: Lanham, MD

Goggin, M, A. Bowman, J. Lester and L. O’Toole, Jr. Implementation Theory and Practice: Toward a Third Generation. 1990, Scott Foresman/Little Brown: Glenville, IL

deLeon, P and Varda, D. Toward a Theory of Collaborative Policy Networks: Identifying Structural Tendencies. Policy Stud J, 2009, 37(1): 59-74. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=115&sid=7c707a77-3be7-40d7-94ee-de141746c906%40sessionmgr103&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=bth&AN=36606286

Margolis, P, R. Stevens, W. C. Bordley, J. Stuart, C. Harlan, L. Keyes-Elstein and S. Wisseh. From Concept to Application: The Impact of a Community-Wide Intervention to Improve the Delivery of Preventive Services to Children. Pediatrics, 2001, 108(3): e42-e52. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/108/3/e42

Robichau, R and Lynn, L Jr. The Implementation of Public Policy: Still the Missing Link. Policy Stud J, 2009, 37(1): 21-36.

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