Transforming public policy : dynamics of policy entrepreneurship and innovation / Nancy C. Roberts, Paula J. King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Nancy Charlotte.

Contributor:

King, Paula J.

Series:

Jossey-Bass public administration series

Jossey-Bass education series

A joint publication in the Jossey-Bass public administration and education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School choice--Minnesota--Case studies.

School choice.

Education and state--Minnesota--Case studies.

Education and state.

Minnesota.

Educational change--Minnesota--Case studies.

Educational change.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xx, 279 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996.

Summary:

Transforming Public Policy shows how individuals can influence and fundamentally redirect public policy through the strategic use of policy entrepreneurship and innovation. Using the example of a single in-depth study - public school choice in Minnesota - the authors provide specific guidelines for achieving large-scale system change. The case illustrates the entire process of entrepreneur-driven radical change by following the issue of public school choice from its beginning, as an innovative idea, through its four-year legislative process, to its implementation into practice within the Minnesota school system. The book includes personal profiles of six change agents who worked toward this large-scale transformation and chronicles their activities, strategies, and tactics, providing an insightful analysis of what it takes to be a successful policy entrepreneur. Nancy Roberts and Paula King offer an understanding of radical change that is useful to practitioners, researchers, and policy scholars and they provide a wealth of recommendations and information.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and indexes.

ISBN:

0787902020

OCLC:

33244175