Begley, P, Bochel, C, Bochel, H et al. (6 more authors) (2019) Assessing policy success and failure: targets, aims and processes. Policy Studies, 40 (2). pp. 188-204. ISSN 0144-2872
Abstract
Assessing policy success and failure is a significant challenge. This article seeks to address this by utilizing two case studies of legislation from the United Kingdom Parliament, the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 and the Academies Act 2010, so as to develop a nuanced understanding of how and in what ways policies have been successful, or otherwise. Drawing on these two case studies, and the work of a variety of authors, the article illustrates the complex nature of the challenge, but suggests that by identifying “targets”, “aims” and “processes” it is possible to make reasonable judgements about the relative success of a policy. It concludes that this framework therefore has considerable potential utility.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Policy Studies on 12 Dec 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2018.1557134 |
Keywords: | Policy success; policy failure; UK Parliament; legislation; evidence |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2019 11:07 |
Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2020 00:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/01442872.2018.1557134 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:142911 |