Record Nr.

UNINA9910778736403321

Autore

Daniels Mark Ross <1952->

Titolo

Terminating public programs : an American political paradox / / Mark R. Daniels ; with a foreword by William V. Roth, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Oxfordshire, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
©1997

ISBN

1-315-70045-X

0-585-01990-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 p.)

Disciplina

320/.6/0973

Soggetti

Political planning - United States - Evaluation

Policy sciences - Evaluation

Public administration - United States - Evaluation

Sunset reviews of government programs - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; 1. Public Policy and Organization Termination: An Overview; Defining Termination; Termination and the Public Policy Process; Reasons for Termination; Types of Policy Termination; Termination's Current Political Popularity; The Study of Public Policy and Organization Termination; Conclusion; 2. The Literature of Termination; The 1976 Policy Sciences Symposium; Herbert Kaufman and Organizational Death; Peter deLeon and the Politics of Termination

The 1997 International Journal of Public Administration Symposium on TerminationConclusion; 3. Sunset Legislation: Exploring the Linkages Between Termination and Innovation; Sunset Legislation and the Federal Government; Sunset Legislation and State Governments; Termination and Innovation; Measuring Termination and Innovation; Testing Termination and Innovation; Conclusion; 4. Organizational Termination and Policy Continuation; The Death of Oklahoma's Public Training Schools; ""In Need of Treatment"" Adjudication; Medicaid and Juvenile Services

Evaluating Hypotheses: Patterns and GeneralizationsConclusion; 5. Implementing Policy Termination; Implementing Policy Termination: TennCare; Testing Behn's Twelve Termination Guidelines; Hint 1: Don't Float Trial Balloons; Hint 2: Enlarge the Policy's Constituency; Hint 3: Focus Attention on the Policy's Harm; Hint 4: Take Advantage of Ideological Shifts to Demonstrate Harm; Hint 5: Inhibit Compromise; Hint 6: Recruit an Outsider as Administrator/Terminator; Hint 7: Avoid Legislative Votes; Hint 8: Do Not Encroach Upon Legislative Prerogatives; Hint 9: Accept Short-term Cost Increases

Hint 10: Buy Off the BeneficiariesHint 11: Advocate Adoption, Not Termination; Hint 12: Terminate Only What Is Necessary; Conclusion; 6. Evaluating Termination Research; Conclusions from Termination Research; 1. Termination Rarely Has Economic Justification; 2. Termination Is Highly Political and Hard to Achieve; 3. Termination Requires Cooptation of Opponents; 4. Termination Often Involves Changing Ideologies; 5. Termination Is Often Followed by Rebirth; 6. Successful Termination Is Difficult to Predict

7. Termination Is an American Political Paradox: Everyone Supports It, Everyone Opposes ItConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text examines why and when policies or organizations are terminated, how they can be terminated successfully, and what often prevents them from being terminated. The literature on termination and a variety of case studies are reviewed in order to identify theories supported by research.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00074600

Autore

CASSANELLI, Lee Vincent