Policy Implementation

Policy Implementation is the administrative process through which public policies are put into practice by governmental and organizational actors, distinguished from policy formulation and evaluation by its focus on the operational execution and delivery of policy objectives within specific institutional and contextual settings.

1.4K

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107.3K

Citations

2.3K

Authors

937

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

322

Parents

Comparative Education PolicyComparative Public AdministrationComparative Public PolicyEducational GovernanceHealth Policy AnalysisImplementation SciencePolicy AnalysisPublic Sector Leadership

Children

Bottom-up ImplementationImplementation ComplexityImplementation NetworksImplementation TrajectoriesTop-down Implementation

Publications

1.4K

Studying public policy: policy cycles and policy subsystems

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 2.5K citations

Public Affairs, Public Administration, Public Policy +15

Reforms as experiments.

Donald T. Campbell · American Psychologist · 1969 · 1.9K citations

Public Affairs, Public Policy, Change Implementation +10

Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Implementation Research: a Critical Analysis and Suggested Synthesis

Paul Sabatier · Journal of Public Policy · 1986 · 1.8K citations

Public Affairs, Public Administration, Public Policy +17

Policy Implementation and Cognition: Reframing and Refocusing Implementation Research

James P. Spillane, Brian J. Reiser, Todd Reimer · Review of Educational Research · 2002 · 1.8K citations

Public Affairs, Education Policy, Public Policy +14

Synthesizing the Implementation Literature: The Ambiguity-Conflict Model of Policy Implementation

Richard E. Matland · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory · 1995 · 1.5K citations

Public Affairs, Public Policy, Conflict Resolution +16

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Authors

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Michael Howlett
Simon Fraser University, Canada
27 publications · 4.4K citations
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Christoph Knill
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
15 publications · 1.3K citations
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Paul Sabatier
University of California, Davis, United States
11 publications · 5.3K citations
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Laurence J. O’Toole
University of Georgia, United States
11 publications · 2.5K citations
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Yves Steinebach
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
9 publications · 411 citations
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Institutions

937

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Venues

Policy Sciences
34 publications · 2.1K citations
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Public Administration Review
PAR · 33 publications · 4.6K citations
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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
JPART · 25 publications · 6.2K citations
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Public Administration
31 publications · 2.8K citations
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Public Policy and Administration
19 publications · 1.6K citations
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