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Rights statement: This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in Policy & Politics. The definitive publisher-authenticated version of Boswell, C., & Rodrigues, E. (2016). Policies, politics and organisational problems: Multiple streams and the implementation of targets in UK government. Policy and Politics, 44(4), 507-524 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1332/030557315X14477577990650
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| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 507-524 |
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| Number of pages | 18 |
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| Journal | Policy and Politics |
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| Volume | 44 |
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| Issue number | 4 |
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| Early online date | 17 Nov 2015 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2016 |
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Kingdon's multiple streams approach has recently been applied to study implementation across sectors or levels of government. Building on these contributions, we suggest that two streams are especially important in shaping implementation: organisational problem constructions and political pressure from the centre. These variables produce a four-way typology of implementation modes. We test the model by analysing implementation of UK targets on asylum, defence and climate change, drawing on 54 semi-structured interviews with policy actors. The analysis shows how organisations can shift between modes of implementation over time, responding to changes in organisational problems and central political commitment to the policy.
- public administration, multiple streams approach, implementation, performance targets
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