JAPANESE BUREAUCRATS AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: LESSONS FOR AMERICA?
作者:
Dan A. Cothran,
期刊:
Review of Policy Research
(WILEY Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 6,
issue 3
页码: 439-458
ISSN:1541-132X
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1987.tb00760.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
In recent years, American business has attempted to learn the secrets of Japanese business success. This paper asks whether it would be equally useful to examine Japanese public administration to determine why the Japanese government seems to be so much more successful than American government in implementing public policies. It is widely agreed that policy implementation in the United States involves considerable “slippage” between policy intent and achievement. By contrast, scholars agree that Japanese public policy is usually implemented effectively and efficiently. This paper argues that the Japanese case has three important implications for the United States: effective policy implementation is possible, better implementation would result from allowing civil servants to participate more fully in policy formulation, and the development of an elite corps of top civil servants could make a major contribution to better policymaking and implementat
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