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Chapter 9: Policy change & termination - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 9: Policy change & termination
Policy change:
adjustment made to an existing
public policy or in other words, change in policy may involve replacement of
certain parts/aspects of a policy.
Policy change can only happen after a thorough evaluation of the existing policy with respect to its performance in terms of failure and/or success
Most of the public policies evolve with passage of time, depending on whether the problem meant to resolve or has been solved or not
The result of evaluation would determine the necessary change needs to be done to be implemented policy
Policy change can take any of the following forms:
(a) Incremental changes in existing policies;
(b) Enactment of new statutes in particular policy areas.
Types of policy change:
Consolidation
merging the previous policy into new one.
Non-linear trend
an entire change in existing policy or complete replacement with new one.
Linear trend
involve direct change of an existing
policy with certain parts.
Policy termination:
“the deliberate conclusion or cessation of specific government functions, programs, policies, or organizations" (deLeon, 1978: 379)
Obstacles to policy termination
Institutional Permanence
Anti-termination coalition
Intellectual Reluctance
Legal obstacles
Forms of termination in policy cycle
Organizational termination
Policy termination
Functional termination
Program termination
Reasons to policy change and termination
Dissatisfaction with its cost and consequences
Development and expansion of political opposition may produce variety of responses
Evaluation and appraisal of the policy