Helms, Lelia B. <br/><br/>
Assuring failure  implementation design and policy environment of a federal program provision. 

 -  1993 
 - p.263-77 
 - Sep 
<br/><br/> "A viable policy design, considered in policy implementation, should integrate understandings of the increasing autonomy of the public-policy environment, especially where policies are nested within a policy sector. Environmental factors are accentuated in policies employing a strong statute implementation design with little latitude for adaptation and negotiation. A case study of one aspect of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program illustrates the advantage of viewing and designing policies from an ecological perspective in a crowded policy sector" 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Decision-making - United States<br/>Policy sciences<br/>Public policy - United States