State failure, governance failure and policy failure: Exploring the linkages. (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Peters, B Guy
• Is Part Of: Public policy and administration. Volume 30:Number 3/4(2015)
• Page Start: 261
• Page End: 276
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Administrative organization -- administrative science -- administrative theory -- control -- good governance -- policymaking; Policy sciences -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 350
• DOI: 10.1177/0952076715581540
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0952-0767

Abstract

There is some tendency to lump together policy failures arising from different sources and having different fundamental characteristics. This is a problem conceptually, as well as for building effective theory about policy failure, but it can also be a practical difficulty for policymakers if they fail to differentiate these various possible roots of failure. This paper explores the linkages among these types of failure within the public sector.