Policy Design and Implementation Effectiveness |
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| Authors: | Ronald C Lippincott Robert P Stoker |
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| Institution: | Ronald C. Lippincott;is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration at the University of Baltimore. Specializing in organization theory and the health care area, he is currently completing a book about the strategies used by health care profession to attain their occupational goals. Robert P. Stoker;is Associate Professor of Political Science and faculty associate in Public Policy at the George Washington University. He has recently completed a book on implementation analysis. |
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| Abstract: | This study examines the successful implementation of a major structural change in a county criminal court, an institution particularly resistant to change. Implementation effectiveness is mainly attributed to policy design factors, especially the establishment by "lop" slate Supreme Court officials of an institutional mechanism to implement their selected policy goals. Composed of hey county court participants at the "bottom," the mechanism facilitated lateral coordination among divergent interests by providing a forum for bargaining and the resolution of disputes. The bargaining entailed the distribution of benefits, as well as the externalization and redistribution of costs, arising from the structural changes. |
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