Implementation and Public Policy

Daniel Mazmanian is the C. Erwin and Ione Piper Dean and Professor of the School of Policy, Planning, and Development at the University of Southern California. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science. Paul Sabatier is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science & Policy at the University of California, Davis. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago.

• Chapter 1 An Introduction to Policy Implementation: Who Has Been Paying Attention to Implementation?; Critical Issues in Policy Implementation: The Relationship Between Formulation and Implementation; Criteria and Focus of Program Evaluation; From Whose PeChapter 2 A Framework for Implementation Analysis: A Conceptual Framework of the Implementation Process: Tractability of the Problem (s); Ability of Policy Decision to Structure Implementation; Nonstatutory Variables Affecting Implementation; Stages (DepenChapter 3 New Communities, The Promise Unfulfilled: Attempts to Develop a New Communities Program; Implementation of the Urban Growth and New Community Development Act of 1970: The Application Process and HUD's Administration; Problems Facing Private DevelChapter 4 Strategic Retreat from Stringent Objectives: Automotive Emissions Control, 1970-1977: The Background, History, and Content of the 1970 Clean Air Amendments: Background and Early Control Amendments: Background and Early Control Efforts; The 197Chapter 5 One Principal, Two Programs: Desegregation of the Nation's Schools, South and North: The Court's Brown Decision; From "All Deliberate Speed" to Compliance in the South: Federal Indifference; The 1964 Civil Rights Act; OCR Guidelines and EnfChapter 6 The Delayed Takeoff of Compensatory Education: Implementing Title I of ESEA, 1965-78: Passage and Content of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Legislative History; Legacy of the Formulation Stage; Conclusion; Implementing TitleChapter 7 An Initial Success in the Quiet Revolution: the California Coastal Commissions, 1972-77: The Historical and Legal Background of the Coastal Commissions: Enactment of Coastal Legislation; Provisions of the California Coastal Zone Conservation Act Chapter 8 The Pathos of Implementation, Reconsidered: Cumulative Incrementalism; Implementation Under Suboptimal Conditions; It Uphill All the Way?; The Tasks at Hand; A Concluding Remark; For Further Reflection; NotesChapter 9 PostscriptChapter 10 AcknowledgmentsChapter 11 Index