"This book is a worthy addition to the still small but rapidly growing body of studies that focuses upon the wide variety of political, organizational, and socioeconomic issues that arise when trying to put i place new legislation of policy modification...Bardach is a sensitive observer whose presentation provides a thoughtful, multi-dimensional, useful picture of implementation."-Political Science Quarterly.      Combining scholarly analysis with practical recommendation, The Implementation Game shows how a program can be blocked after it has passed from bill to law.  Bardach, who worked as a policy analyst for the U.S. Department of the Interior and who is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, reveals the strategies employed by bureaucracies to impede enactment of new laws.  He explains how the policy implementation process works and how planners and concerned citizens can identify such bureaucratic maneuvers as "Not Our Problem" and Territory? -with examples of twenty such plays from real-life situations..      The Implementation Game is a useful handbook for policy planners and a basic reference for students of American political institutions who want to anticipate implementation problems at the early stages and who can use Bardach's "implementation scenarios" to design against these problems for more game-proof legislation.

The Implementation Game: What Happens After a Bill Becomes a Law (MIT Studies in American Politics and Public Policy)

Eugene Bardach

Health, Fitness & Dieting

MIT Press]

Collaboration between government agencies, an old joke goes, is an unnatural act committed by nonconsenting adults. Eugene Bardach argues that today's opinion climate favoring more results-oriented government makes collaboration a lot more natural--though it is still far from easy. In this book, Bardach diagnoses the difficulties, explains how they are sometimes overcome, and offers practical ideas for public managers, advocates, and others interested in developing interagency collaborative networks.Bardach provides examples from diverse policy areas, including children, youth, and family services; welfare-to-work; antipollution enforcement; fire prevention; and ecosystem management.

Getting Agencies to Work Together : The Practice and Theory of Managerial Craftsmanship

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Brookings Inst Pr

<p>El autor ofrece un procedimiento sencillo para investigar y analizar problemas publicos, con objeto de conformar alternativas viables, justas y eficientes. Esta obra reune experiencia, ingenio, creatividad y rigor academico con buenas dosis de humor y pragmatismo. En la primera parte del libro se desarrollan las ocho etapas que el profesor Bardach considera fundamentales: Definicion del problema publico, Obtencion de informacion, Construccion de alternativas, Seleccion de criterios, Proyeccion de resultados, Confrontacion de costos, ¡Decida!, Cuente su historia. Se muestran ejemplos tanto de problemas teoricos y tecnicos, como de dilemas eticos; ademas se brinda una serie de guias y oportunidades para salvar obstaculos que regularmente enfrentan los profesionales de esta disciplina. La segunda parte ofrece consejos para la obtencion de datos a traves de entrevistas, consulta de fuentes de informacion y contacto con especialistas y actores relevantes.</p>

Los Ocho pasos para el análisis de Políticas Públicas (CIDE M.A. PORRUA)

Bardach, Eugene

Miguel Ángel Porrúa

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