15 Aug What explains policy failure? Discuss with reference to one or more public policies.
Course Topic: Political Issues in Public Policy
Essay Task:
- Word Count/Limit (3,000)
- Format of course work:
- Word (.doc or .docx) format
- Use a font size not less than 11 point, with line spacing of at least 1.5 lines. The page size should be set to A4, and page margins should not be less than 2cm.
- Use the Harvard system of referencing (i.e. author, date) for this essay.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/administration-and-support-services/library/public/harvard.pdf
- Essay Question: What explains policy failure? Discuss with reference to one or more public policies.
Comments:
- Please follow these points and answer the question!
- Ensure the essay has a clear analytical focus (signaled in the introduction)
- Focus on presenting a justified analysis rather than simply expressing your opinion
- Provide effective referencing
- Please use the soruces I provide! Any additional sources apart from the ones provided please provide each source file and make sure the source is academic and works with this paper.
- Thank you!
Advised Key Source List:
- **Baines, D., Brewer, S. & Kay, A. (2020) ‘Political, process and programme failures in the Brexit fiasco: exploring the role of policy deception’. Journal of European Public Policy, 27 (5), 742760.
- Brndstrm, A. and Kuipers, S. (2003) From Normal Incidents to Political Crises: Understanding the Selective Politicization of Policy Failures, Government and Opposition, 38 (3) 279-305
- Coelho, M. Ratnoo, V. with Dellepiane, S. (2015) Political Economy of Policy Failure and Institutional Reform: A review of the academic literature, Institute for Government.
- Howlett, M. (2012) The lessons of failure: learning and blame avoidance in public policymaking, International Political Science Review, 33 (5): 539555
- King, A. & Crewe, I. (2013) The Blunders of our Governments, One world publications: London.
- **Jennings, W. Lodge, M. & Ryan, M. (2018) Comparing Blunders in Government, European Journal of Political Research, 57: 238-258
- **McConnell, A. (2010) Policy Success, policy failure and grey areas in between, Journal of Public Policy, 30 (3): 345-362.
- **McConnell, A. (2015) What is policy failure? A primer to help navigate the maze, Public Policy & Administration, 30 (3-4): 221-242
- Nair, S. Howlett, M. Fraser, S. (2017) Policy myopia as a source of policy failure: adaptation and policy learning under deep uncertainty, Policy & Politics, 45 (1): 103-118
