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The future of post-human public administration : towards a new theory of policy and implementation. Volume 2

Is public administration so effective that, as William Poole once wrote, ""it is highly desirable that policy practice be formalized to the maximum possible extent""? (FAM 2014) This favorable view on policy and implementation can be contrasted with an opposing view by Thomas Sowell, who warned that ""you will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing."" (FAM 2014a) Contrary to these opposing views (and other ones as will be discussed in the book), public administration (in relation to policy and implementation) ar.

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