Transforming Public Policy
Author | : Nancy C. Roberts |
Publisher | : Jossey-Bass |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1996-02-12 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015037341420 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This work is targeted at practitioners and researchers who pursue large-scale system change involving multiple organizations and hundreds of people. It looks at how radical change can be achieved in public policy by "change agents"--Often people outside government who push for change using certain policy entrepreneurship and innovation tactics. The authors' ultimate aim is to build an understanding of radical change in open systems - systems without clear boundaries that can cross group, organizational, regional, even national boundaries. The authors follow a single case - educational reform through public school choice in Minnesota - and its six policy entrepreneurs over a five year period to determine the dynamics of radical system-level change.