Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Implementation Research: A Critical Analysis and Suggested Synthesis

Title: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Implementation Research: A Critical Analysis and Suggested Synthesis
Abstract/Description: This paper first reviews the implementation literature of the past fifteen years, with particular emphasis on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approaches. It also argues that the 4–6 year time-frame used in most implementation research misses many critical features of public policy-making. The paper then outlines a conceptual framework for examining policy change over a 10–20 year period which combines the best features of the ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approaches with insights from other literatures.
Author/creator: Sabatier, Paul A.
Date: 1986
In publication: Journal of Public Policy
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Pages: 21-48
Resource type: en Background/Context
Medium: en Print
Background/context type: en Other
Open access/free-text available: en No
Peer reviewed: en Yes
Language: en
ISSN: 1469-7815, 0143-814X
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X00003846
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (Cambridge Core)
Citation: Sabatier, P. A. (1986). Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Implementation Research: A Critical Analysis and Suggested Synthesis. Journal of Public Policy, 6(1), 21–48. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X00003846

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