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1 online resource (124 pages) : illustrations |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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7. Termination Is an American Political Paradox: Everyone Supports It, Everyone Opposes ItConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Political planning -- United States -- Evaluation
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Policy sciences -- Evaluation
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Public administration -- United States -- Evaluation
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Sunset reviews of government programs -- United States
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Policy sciences -- Evaluation.
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Political planning -- Evaluation.
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Public administration -- Evaluation.
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Sunset reviews of government programs.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Roth, William V., Jr, author of introduction, etc
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| ISBN |
9781315700458 |
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131570045X |
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9781317458906 |
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1317458907 |
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9781317458883 |
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1317458885 |
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9781317458890 |
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1317458893 |
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0765601249 |
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9780765601247 |
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9780765601254 |
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0765601257 |
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