Welfare Reform from the Inside Out
Implementing the Missouri Families-Mutual Responsibility Demonstration Plan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11104263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sheilah Watson Bishop (University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 597-628 |
| Publication date | 2003-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Administration & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-3997 • E-ISSN: 1552-3039 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0095399703254942 |
| OpenAlex | W1991894512 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
Using a multiperspective framework, this study seeks to identify the types of problems that occur when massive policy changes are implemented in a state agency. Results of focus group and survey data indicate how inadequately prepared employees were for the onslaught of welfare reform. Failure of management to clearly and consistently communicate policy goals and their inability to foster coordination and cooperation within the organization left service deliverers in a position of interpreting welfare reform on their own. Translation of goals into specific tasks by upper management clearly broke down at the lower echelons
Agency (philosophy · Business · Economics · Focus (optics · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Public economics · Public relations · Service (business · Sociology · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare reform · Welfare state · Welfare system · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Marketing · Public Administration
Sensemaking in organizations
Essence of Decision
Welfare policy
On the front lines of welfare delivery
The Policy Implementation Process
Implementation, Change, and the Federal Bureaucracy
The Implementation of Public Policy
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Implementation Research
Life after Welfare
Backward Mapping
Organizational Structure, Environment and Performance
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |