The Co-ordination of UK Policy on Alcohol and Tobacco

The significance of organisational networks

Bibliographic Data

ID6326582
AuthorsLarry Harrison (Research Fellows, ESRC Addiction Research Centre, Universities of Hull and York. University of Hull.), Philip Tether (Research Fellows, ESRC Addiction Research Centre, Universities of Hull and York. University of Hull.)
Year1987
Volume15
Issue2
Pages77-90
Publication date1987-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
PublisherBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557387782455308
OpenAlexW2084232452
LanguageEN
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While there have been frequent demands for the UK government to improve policy co-ordination in relation to tobacco- and alcohol-induced harm, critics have rarely spelled out how they expect this to be achieved. This paper identifies three models of co-ordination which have appeared in the literature on organisations — the rational-corporate, partisan mutual adjustment and organisational networks — and examines whether any model offers an adequate description of the existing means of co-ordination in this field, or a prescription for its enhancement. It is concluded that government could achieve significant improvements in this area through modifications to the organisational networks involved in different sectors of prevention policy

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