Implementing Public Policy: An Introduction to the Study of Operational Governance

This second edition of Hill and Hupe's popular textbook introduces students to the major themes in the study of public policy implementation and relates them to contemporary developments in thinking about governance. Fully revised and updated, the book stresses the continuing importance of a focus on the implementation part of policy processes. Hill and Hupe suggest strategies for future research on implementation and identify modes of managing implementation as operational governance.