Implementation and public policy

by Daniel A. Mazmanian, Paul A. Sabatier

A thorough explication of the implementation process. The framework delineates five distinct stages beginning with formulation through revision and reformulation. Five separate cases of implementation are examined within this framework: clean air, school desegregation, new towns, compensatory education and coastal zone management. Useful at both the undergraduate and graduate as well as professional levels, this book carved an important niche in the field of implementation studies when first published in 1983 by Scott, Foresman Publishers. The extensive "Postscript" written for the UPA edition, takes note of new approaches and changing emphases in this field since 1983.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Daniel A. Mazmanian is Professor of Public Policy at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California.