Citation

Vosburgh MG. Eval. Program Plann. 1986; 9(1): 49-59.

Affiliation

Sociology Department, Villanova University, USA

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0149-7189(86)90007-8

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Selected issues in the first implementation cycle of the New Zealand Accident Compensation program were studied according to the Sabotier and Mazmanian conceptual framework for analyzing the implementation of public policy. The application revealed both strengths and limitations in the framework's explanatory scope. It is argued that its limitations stemmed from the omission of the conceptual variables needed to analyze the organizational dynamics involved in the administration of a composite social program. The need for the inclusion of such variables is justified on the grounds that most public programs are composite and so their implementation is greatly influenced by the relative administrative emphasis on each activity. Variables that could be added to the framework to increase the scope of its explanatory power are suggested.