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Policy Failure

Policy Failure is a subtype of Government Failure characterized by the inability of a public policy initiative to achieve its intended objectives due to flawed design, implementation shortcomings, or unintended consequences, despite the availability of feasible and superior alternatives.

425

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29.3K

Citations

702

Authors

372

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

114

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Publications

425

Learning from Abroad: The Role of Policy Transfer in Contemporary Policy‐Making

David P. Dolowitz, David Marsh · Governance · 2000 · 3.2K citations

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The School-to-Work Transition: A Cross-National Perspective

Paul Ryan · Journal of Economic Literature · 2001 · 933 citations

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A system failure framework for innovation policy design

Rosalinde Klein Woolthuis, Maureen Lankhuizen, Victor Gilsing · Technovation · 2004 · 868 citations

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Policy failure and the policy-implementation gap: can policy support programs help?

Bob Hudson, David J. Hunter, Stephen Peckham · Policy Design and Practice · 2019 · 693 citations · Full text

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Why migration policies fail

Stephen Castles · Ethnic and Racial Studies · 2004 · 652 citations

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Authors

702

  1. MH
    Michael Howlett

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    7 publications · 906 citations

    7

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  2. AM
    Allan McConnell

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

    7

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  3. BD
    Brian Dollery

    University of New England, Australia

    5 publications · 103 citations

    5

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  4. P‘
    Paul ‘t Hart

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    4 publications · 542 citations

    4

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  5. FW
    Fritz W. Scharpf

    Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany

    3 publications · 168 citations

    3

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Institutions

372

  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    602 citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    391 citations

  4. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    744 citations

  5. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    592 citations

  7. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    278 citations

  8. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    327 citations

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Venues

  1. Public Policy and Administration

    11 publications · 886 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 11 publications · 374 citations

    10

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 955 citations

    9

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  4. Journal of European Public Policy

    JEPP · 8 publications · 531 citations

    8

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  5. Review of Policy Research

    RPR · 7 publications · 361 citations

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