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Ambiguity in Policy Lessons: The Agencification Experience.

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Author
Moynihan, Donald P.

Year
2006

Publisher
Public Administration 84(4): 1029-1050.

Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to publication:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2006.00625.x

Number of pages:
22

Language of publication:
Engelsk

Country of publication:
England/USA

NSD-reference:
2269

This page was last updated:
2007-07-05 12:50:00.89

Publikasjonens datagrunnlag
  • Kvalitativ
  • Komparativ mellom land
  • Komparativ mellom forvaltningsnivå
Land som er gjenstand for studien
  • Slovakia
  • Storbritannia
  • Sverige
Verkemiddel i den konstituerande styringa
  • 1.2 Endring i tilknytningsform
  • 1.3 Privatisering/markedsretting
  • 1.4 Finansiering
  • 1.5 Lov- og regelverk
Verkemiddel i den operative styringa av ststlege verksemder
  • 2.1 Formell styringsdialog
Studieoppdrag
  • Forskning
Studietype
  • Effektstudie/implikasjoner/resultater
Type effekt
  • Samfunnseffektivitet
  • Strukturelle og styringsmessige effektar
Sektor (cofog)
  • Staten generelt

Summary
The policy transfer literature identifi es the importance of context in shaping policy
selection. However, countries with distinctly different contexts are pursuing the
agencifi cation of the public sector. Why? The solution to this puzzle lies in the
ambiguity associated with public management ideas, which allows policy adopters
room to interpret management doctrines and experience. The result is that public
management ideas that carry the same identifying label can mask variation in the
understanding of the policy, the motivation for adoption and in implementation
outcomes. The process of interpretation allows policy-makers in different contexts
to: (1) adopt superfi cially similar policy concepts; (2) overlook negative experiential
learning that contradicts the policy doctrine; and (3) adopt policies unsuitable to the
national context.

Note
Komparative studie av "Agencies" i England, Sverige og Slovakia.