Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland; Or, Why It's Amazing That Federal Programs Work at All, Th

by Aaron Wildavsky and Jeffrey L. Pressman

Book Overview

Three substantial new chapters and a new preface in this third edition explore and elaborate the relationship between the evaluation of programs and the study of their implementation. The authors suggest that tendencies to assimilate the two should be resisted. Evaluation should retain its enlightenment function while the study of implementation should strengthen its focus on learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520053311
• ISBN13: 9780520053311
• Release Date: June 1984
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Implementation - Not your everyday chore.

Pressman and Wildavsky does an excellent job pointing out the many obstacles that can occur with policy implementation. Far too often, policy-makers create policy without giving much thought to the implementation. In reality, the way policy is implemented actually establishes the policy.