Politics and policy implementation in the third world
Politics and policy implementation in the third world - 310 p. ill. 22 cm
Policy Content and Context in Implementation / Merilee S. Grindle
PART 1: From Formulation to Implementation
The Paradox of Popularity: "Ideological" Program Implementation in Zambia / Stephen A. Quick
Reform Governments and Policy Implementation: Lessons from Peru / Cynthia McClintock
PART 2: Choice and Consequence of Implementing Strategies
The Pilot Project and the Choice of an Implementing Strategy: Community Development in India / Gerald E. Sussman
From Pilot Project to Operational Program in India: The Problems of Transition / David F. Plye
Administrative Decentralization and the Implementation of Housing Policy in Colombia / Irene Fraser Rothenberg
Controlled Decentralization and Policy Implementation: The Case of Rural Electrification in Rajasthan / Susan G. Hadden
PART 3: Deciding Who Gets What
The Implementor: Political Constraints on Rural Development in Mexico / Merilee S. Grindle
The Politics of Public Housing in Nairobi / Frederick T. Temple, Nelle W. Temple
The Failure of Influence: Squatter Eradication in Brazil / Janice Perlman
CONCLUSION
Implementation amidst Scarcity and Apathy: Political Power and Policy Design / Peter S. Cleaves
Case studies of the political aspects of government policy and plan implementation in developing countries - analyses decision making about policy definition, implementation strategy and resource allocation; examines a rural cooperative programme in Zambia, agrarian reform in Peru, community development, rural area electrification and a pilot project on health and nutrition in India; discusses housing policies in Brazil, Colombia and Kenya and obstacles to rural development in Mexico. Diagrams, references, and statistical tables
0-691-07617-0
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--Developing countries--Politics and government.--Developing countries--Economic policy.--Economic policy--Developing countries--Social policy.
351.007 G8849p 1980