Policy translation through localisation

Implementing national policy in the UK

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6327611
AutoresCharlotte Sausman (0000-0001-8503-3917, University of Cambridge), Eivor Oborn (0000-0003-0566-4327, University of Warwick), Michael Barrett (0000-0003-1775-8347, University of Cambridge)
Ano2016
Volume44
Fascículo4
Páginas563-589
Data de publicação2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
EditoraBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557315x14298807527143
OpenAlexW2401354356
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas23
Referências citadas22

This paper builds on policy implementation studies, which seek to explain how policies undergo some form of ‘translation’ from general policy guidelines to implementation in practice at the local level. The paper makes two contributions to the policy implementation literature. First, it draws on the concept of ‘local universality’ to suggest that the translation of policy by central actors is not simply transmitted but is iteratively transformed through multiple distributed agencies including local actors, infrastructure, data sets and organisational practices. Second, empirical findings show how structural policy design features influence implementation and (re)shape policy content by incorporating knowledge from practice

Knowledge management · Knowledge translation · Policy analysis · Political science · Public relations · Translation (biology · Universality (dynamical systems · Computer Science · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research