Abstract Researchers agree on the importance of policy integration in analysis responses to complex problems, yet they often use this concept indicate integrated programmes (IPPs) as opposed practice (as performed by actors). Describing how IPPs are reshaped, while being implemented opens new research venues study process and its effects. This article theorises ‘(in)congruent implementation' il...

This article is part of a series written for people responsible for making decisions about health policies and programmes and for those who support these decision makers. After a policy decision has been made, the next key challenge is transforming this stated policy position into practical actions. What strategies, for instance, are available to facilitate effective implementation, and what is...

This chapter describes an economic approach to understanding education policy implementation. Economists helped establish policy analysis as a field of study in the middle of the last century and economic methods long have been brought to bear on examinations of various policy processes essential to education outcomes from Congressional voting behavior to education productivity (Becker, 1993; H...