Carrots, Sticks and Sermons: Policy Instruments and Their Evaluation

by Rist,Ray

• ISBN13: 9780765805461
• ISBN10: 0765805464
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-08-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Carrots, Sticks, and Sermons offers a comprehensive analysis of categories and typologies of policy instruments. It classifies sticks, carrots, and sermons - or, more specifically, regulation, economic means, and information. Readers are offered a comparative perspective of evaluation practice in foreign contexts. Special attention is paid to the examples of Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, England, Canada, the United States, and the Republic of Korea. As such, this volume crosses language barriers that stand in the way of dispersing research results among the international community of theoreticians and practitioners. As nations become increasingly interdependent, problems of implementation and evaluation of policy choices will become issues of increasing gravity.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Policy Instrument Choice and Evaluation	p. 1
Typology of Instruments
Policy Instruments: Typologies and Theories	p. 21
The Stick: Regulation as a Tool of Government	p. 59
The Carrot: Subsidies as a Tool of Government--Theory and Practice	p. 77
The Sermon: Information Programs in the Public Policy Process--Choice, Effects, and Evaluation	p. 103
The "Give-and-Take" Packaging of Policy Instruments: Optimizing Legitimacy and Effectiveness	p. 129
Choice and Context
Choosing the Right Policy Instrument at the Right Time: The Contextual Challenges of Selection and Implementation	p. 149
Contracting-Out and Program Evaluation: A Case Study	p. 165
Government-Sponsored Enterprises as a Credit Allocation Tool in the United States	p. 185
The Invisible Problem and How to Deal with It: National Policy Styles in Radiation Protection Policy in The Netherlands, England, and Belgium	p. 211
The Management and Privatization of Korea's Public Enterprises	p. 231
Conclusions: Policy Instruments Types, Packages, Choices, and Evaluation	p. 249
Contributors	p. 275
Index	p. 277
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