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Politics of Public Policy Implementation: Case of Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme

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Synonyms

Developing countries; Institutions; Policy implementation; Public policy

Definition

Implementation:

It involves a general political and technical process of enforcing government intentions, decisions, and programs to address societal pressing demands or needs.

Public policy:

It is a general course of action or inaction followed by a government or its agents in dealing with a problem or matter of concern. Such course of action or inaction is targeted at peculiar outcomes.

Politics:

It involves the use of state authority and [discretion] to determine how policies, decisions and resources target particular groups or sectors (perhaps and not others) in a political system at any given time. Many forces and considerations do shape how policies get designed, including the pattern and manner of implementation. Politics determines the questions of society entailing who gets what, how and when [and perhaps who pays] (Lasswell 1936)

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana

    Emmanuel Kofi Ayisi & Justice Nyigmah Bawole

  2. School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

    Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Ayisi, E.K., Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Bawole, J.N. (2018). Politics of Public Policy Implementation: Case of Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3395-1

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