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The Ambitions Of Policy Design

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  • John S. Dryzek
  • Brian Ripley

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There is no shortage of warnings concerning the hazards of excessive ambition in consciously‐pursued public policy. In the light of these cautions, this paper considers the appropriate ambitions for policy design. The critics have missed the target. There is no need to fear ambition in policy design, provided that openness in communications about policy is secured.

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  • John S. Dryzek & Brian Ripley, 1988. "The Ambitions Of Policy Design," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 7(4), pages 705-719, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:7:y:1988:i:4:p:705-719
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1988.tb00890.x
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    1. Michael Howlett & Ishani Mukherjee, 2014. "Policy Design and Non-Design: Towards a Spectrum of Policy Formulation Types," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 2(2), pages 57-71.
    2. Simone Busetti, 2023. "Causality is good for practice: policy design and reverse engineering," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 56(2), pages 419-438, June.
    3. Michael Howlett, 2014. "From the ‘old’ to the ‘new’ policy design: design thinking beyond markets and collaborative governance," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 47(3), pages 187-207, September.

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