THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A POLICY IMPLEMENTER

• Published in: Public administration quarterly Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 612 - 642
• Main Authors: NATESAN, SARABJEET DHODY, MARATHE, RAHUL R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SPAEF 01.12.2017; SAGE Publications; Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc; Southern Public Administration Education Foundation
• Subjects: Accountability; Beneficiaries; Bureaucrats; Collaboration; Criminal justice policy; Data envelopment analysis; Decentralization; Democracy; Designers; Economics; Employment; Equality; Fairness; Gender equity; Governance; Government research; Implementation; Income maintenance programs; Interest groups; Management; Operations management; Planning; Policy implementation; Public administration; Public policy; Responses; Rural areas; Rural development; Stakeholders; Towns; Wages & salaries; Welfare state; India

Public policy is used to tackle market imbalances, failures and also restore societal requirements of equity and justice. Research on policy implementation has been substantial and there is enough literature to support its importance. There is no guarantee however, that selected policy prescriptions...