Policymakers and public managers around the world have become
preoccupied with the question of how their goals can be achieved in
a way that rebuilds public confidence in government. Yet because
public policies and programs increasingly are being administered
through a complicated web of jurisdictions, agencies, and
public-private partnerships, evaluating their effectiveness is more
difficult than in the past. Though social scientists possess
insightful theories and powerful methods for conducting empirical
research on governance and public management, their work is too
often fragmented and irrelevant to the specific tasks faced by
legislators, administrators, and managers.
Proposing a framework for research based on the premise that any
particular governance arrangement is embedded in a wider social,
fiscal, and political context, Laurence E. Lynn Jr., Carolyn J.
Heinrich, and Carolyn J. Hill argue that theory-based empirical
research, when well conceived and executed, can be a primary source
of fundamental, durable knowledge about governance and policy
management. Focusing on complex human services such as public
assistance, child protection, and public education, they construct
an integrative, multilevel "logic of governance," that can help
researchers increase the sophistication, power, and relevance of
their work.
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