Afterward: the once and future state of policy termination

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2195-2212

  deLeon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 14544273467     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900699708525292     Document Type: Article

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1. Brewer, Garry D., 1974. The Policy Sciences Emerge: To Nurture and Structure a Disciple. Policy Sciences, 53 September: 239–245.
2. Biller, Robert P., 1976. On Tolerating Policy and Organizational Termination: Some Design Considerations. Policy Sciences, 7 (2) June: 133–150.
3. Bardach, Eugene. 1976. Policy Termination as a Political Process. Policy Sciences, 7 (2) June: 123–131.
4. Kotz, Nick′. 1988. Wild Blue Yonder, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. review of the falls and ultimate rise of the B-1 bomber is a fine example of policy termination that was successfully, albeit perilously resisted
5. David, Stockman. 1986. The Triumph of Politics, New York, New York: Harper and Row.
6. One could fairly argue that the cancellation of the $10 billion superconducting supercollider high energy physics accelerator was a termination activity but (regardless of the sunk costs), it was still a project under construction.
7. Janet Frantz in this symposium adds the case of the Congressional closure of a century-old public health service for the merchant service.
8. Behn, Robert D., 1976. Closing the Massachusetts Public Training Schools. Policy Sciences, 7 (2): 151–172. How to Terminate a Public Policy: A Dozen Hints to Would-Be Terminators. Policy Analysis 4, 3 (Summer 1978):393-414.
9. Kaufman, Herbert. 1976. Are Government Organizations Immortal?, Washington, D.C: The Brookings Institution.
10. Fred, C., 1971. Every War Must End, New York, New York: Columbia University Press. The looming menace of the “delicate balance of terror” did produce a series of books on how to terminate nuclear warfare: Ikle', Foster, James L. and Brewer, Garry D. “And the Clocks Were Striking Thirteen: The Termination of War.” Policy Sciences 7, 2 (June l976):225-243.
11. Frantz′, Janet. 1971. Policy Sciences, 25: 175–189. essay on the termination of the National Hanson's Disease Center is an exception. Also, Public Administration Review (38, 3 [1978]) published a short symposium on termination
12. The balanced budget amendment, which needed a 213rds vote from both chambers, was defeated by a single vote in the Senate. Perhaps of greater interest, however, was its passage in the House of Representatives, since it required a number of Democratic votes to reach its necessary “super” majority. In the bureaucratese of its Director, Martha Farnsworth
13. Holmes, Steven A., 1995. Budget Cutting May Hit Census. New York Times, 25 August: A1–A9. In the bureaucratese of its Director, Martha Farnsworth Riche, We are in a pickle. That's what my mother would call it.Quoted in
14. Wines, Michael. 1995. Pledge on Budget Starts to Haunt Some Republicans. New York Times, 25 August: A1–A8. Republicans are finding that one person's oxen to gore is another's sacred cow
15. Wines. 1995. 25 August note 14
16. Wines, Michael. 1995. Agencies Prepare for a Shutdown. New York Times, 25 August: A1–A11. Plans for a possible “shutdown” were disclosed in a Memorandum from current OMB Director Alice Rivlin While these contingencies might not come to fruition, indeed, could be little more than a warning shot from the Clinton Administration, their very announcement still bode badly for the American body politic
17. Gore, Al. 1993. Creating a Government that Works Better and Costs Less, New York, New York: Plume by Penguin Books. National Performance Review, See also: Osborne, David, and Gaebler, Ted. Reinventing Government, Addison Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1992; and, Kettl, Donald. Reinventing Government? Appraising the National Peijformance Review, The Brookings Institution, CPM Report 94-2, Washington, D.C., 1994.
18. Witness the current mood within much of the federal work force, which, in light of the Congressional budgetary uncertainties, has adopted a FIGMO (“forget it -- got my orders ”) attitude.
19. The fascinating part of the BRAC Commission was the how and why it was formed, having directly to do with Congressional refusal to close down bases in Congressional districts.
20. Frantz, Janet. 1992. Reviving and Revising a Termination Model. Policy Sciences, 25 (2): 175–189.
21. deleon, Peter. 1978. Public Policy Termination: An End and a Beginning. Policy Sciences, 4 (3) Summer: 183–184.
22. Boaz, David. 1995. Budget Cuts: Less than Meets the Eye. New York Times, 4 (3) July: A15
23. deLeon. 1995. note 21, 4 (3) July
24. 1995. Ibid, 4 (3) July
25. Kaufman, Herbert. 1985. Time, Chance, and Organizations, Chatham, New Jersey: Chatham House.
26. Behn. 1978. note 8
27. Sabatier, Paul, and Jenkins-Smith, Hank, eds. 1993. Policy Change and Learning: An Advocacy Coalition Approach, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. See
28. deLeon. 1993. note 21.
29. Weiss, Janet A., 1989. The Powers of Problem Definition. Policy Sciences, 22 (2) May: 97–122. See also: Rochefort, David, and Cobb, Roger W. (eds.). The Politics of Problem Definition, University of Kansas Press, 1 Lawrence, Kansas, 1994
30. Harris, Michael. 1989. essay in this symposium, 22 (2) May
31. deleon, Peter. 1987. “ Policy Termination as a Political Phenomenon ”. In The Politics of Program Evaluation, Edited by: Palumbo, Dennis. 173–199. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications.
32. Behn. 1978. note 8.
33. Biller. 1978. note 2.
34. Wines, Michael. 1995. Where the Budget Ax Turns Dull. New York Times, August: C1–C4. Not all public sectors desire budgetary independence from government interventions. As Michael Wines points out, the Department of Defense has increased its budget size. Endangered Departments like Agriculture and Commerce are also slated to receive smaller budget cuts than originally predicted. The interesting commonality is that the relieved offices are often supportive of the private sector
35. Boaz. 1995. note 22, August
36. Wines. 1995. note 15, August
37. March 1995. Times, March, Mirror Center for the People and the Press.
38. 1995. Ibid, April This can be compared to the December 8, 1994, survey that found the “Public Expects GOP Miracles.” But even then the editors warned: The good news for GOP leaders. is that compared to five years ago the public no longer wants to see federal spending increased on a wide range of programs. The bad news is that for the most part the public wants spending levels at least maintained, but not cut (p. 2; emphasis in original)
39. Biller. 1995. note 2, April
40. Wright, Vincent. September 1995. Nuffield College, September, Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Oxford University. in the European Group on Public Administration
41. Beneditto, Richard. 1995. Poll: American People Want Action. USA Today, September: 5A
42. Harris', Michael. 1995. essay in this symposium, September
43. Barzelay, Michael. 1992. Breadking Through Bureaucracy, Berkeley, California: University of California. The reliance on case studies is hardly embarrassing at this time; cf. contemporary public management with its emphasis on "best practice research