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From Institutional Designs to Peacebuilding Outcomes

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Reviewing theory and research on public administration, the chapter develops an analytical framework for the analysis of institutional designs and their impact on mission performance and police reform outcomes. It first argues that institutional designs in public organizations cannot only be assessed from a functionalist perspective as they also need to reconcile the needs of politicians to exert control. Second, although implementation research has extensively addressed questions of institutional designs, findings about institutional designs’ impact on policy outcomes remained inconclusive. On international organization, only little previous research exists. Overall, this demonstrates the need for conceptualization and inductive research. Third, the chapter introduces the framework developed for this research project, which focuses on the analytical triad between institutional designs, process performance, and policy outcomes. Last, the chapter introduces methodology and data sources (109 expert interviews) and elaborates on the case selection.

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Eckhard, S. (2016). From Institutional Designs to Peacebuilding Outcomes. In: International Assistance to Police Reform. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59512-6_2

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