Policy Evaluation

doi:10.1017/9781108759458.054

54 - Policy Evaluation

from Part VIII - Measuring and Evaluating Compliance

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2021

Saba Siddiki

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Benjamin van Rooij and

D. Daniel Sokol

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Benjamin van Rooij: Affiliation:
School of Law, University of Amsterdam
D. Daniel Sokol: Affiliation:
University of Florida

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Abstract: A key objective of policy evaluation is assessing the efficacy of public policies. When evaluating public policy, compliance is treated both as an indicator of policy effectiveness and as a necessary intermediary outcome for achieving policy goals. Given the importance of compliance within broader assessments of policy efficacy, scholars have dedicated substantial attention to identifying policy, individual, and organizational factors linked to policy compliance. This chapter discusses what is meant by compliance in the context of policy evaluation and ways that it can be measured therein. It also provides an overview of recent scholarship that addresses determinants of compliance as relevant for policy evaluation.

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Information: The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance , pp. 788 - 796

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108759458.054 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2021

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