Terminating Public Programs by Daniels, Mark Ross -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Tables and Figures Foreword Preface 1. Public Policy and Organization Termination: An Overview

Defining Termination Termination and the Public Policy Process Reasons for Termination Types of Policy Termination Termination’s Current Political Popularity The Study of Public Policy and Organization Termination Conclusion

2. The Literature of Termination

The 1976 Policy Sciences Symposium Herbert Kaufman and Organizational Death Peter deLeon and the Politics of Termination The 1997 International Journal of Public Administration Symposium on Termination Conclusion

3. Sunset Legislation: Exploring the Linkages Between Termination and Innovation

Sunset Legislation and the Federal Government Sunset Legislation and the State Governments Termination and Innovation

Measuring Termination and Innovation Testing Termination and Innovation

Conclusion

4. Organizational Termination and Policy Continuation

The Death of Oklahoma’s Public Training Schools

“In Need of Treatment” Adjudication Medicaid and Juvenile Services

Evaluating Hypotheses: Patterns and Generalizations Conclusion

5. Implementing Policy Termination

Implementing Policy Termination: TennCare Testing Behn’s Twelve Termination Guidelines

Hint 1: Don’t Float Trial Balloons Hint 2: Enlarge the Policy’s Constituency Hint 3: Focus Attention on the Policy’s Harm Hint 4: Take Advantage ofideological Shifts to Demonstrate Harm Hint 5: Inhibit Compromise Hint 6: Recruit an Outsider as Administrator/Terminator Hint 7: Avoid Legislative Votes Hint 8: Do Not Encroach Upon Legislative Prerogatives Hint 9: Accept Short-term Cost Increases Hint 10: Buy Offthe Beneficiaries Hint 11: Advocate Adoption, Not Termination Hint 12: Terminate Only What Is Necessary

Conclusion

6. Evaluating Termination Research

Conclusions from Termination Research

1. Termination Rarely Has Economic Justification 2. Termination Is Highly Political and Hard to Achieve 3. Termination Requires Cooptation of Opponents 4. Termination Often Involves Changing Ideologies 5. Termination Is Often Followed by Rebirth 6. Successful Termination Is Difficult to Predict 7. Termination Is an American Political Paradox: Everyone Supports It, Everyone Opposes It

Conclusion

Notes Bibliography Index

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