TY - JOUR
T1 - Ending the Transformation before the Goal is Fulfilled
T2 - The Case of Head Start
AU - Shpaizman, Ilana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - To make a comprehensive policy change, actors often turn to the gradual path where they introduce small-scale changes hoping that their accumulation will meet their goal over time. Nonetheless, they often stop the transformative process before meeting their original goal. This paper argues that this can be explained by policy learning. When actors learn from reliable information that the accumulation of the small-scale changes does not meet their expectations, they stop the transformative process. At the same time, the policy is not illuminated due to feedback effects and beliefs by the majority of actors that the small-scale changes are beneficial.
AB - To make a comprehensive policy change, actors often turn to the gradual path where they introduce small-scale changes hoping that their accumulation will meet their goal over time. Nonetheless, they often stop the transformative process before meeting their original goal. This paper argues that this can be explained by policy learning. When actors learn from reliable information that the accumulation of the small-scale changes does not meet their expectations, they stop the transformative process. At the same time, the policy is not illuminated due to feedback effects and beliefs by the majority of actors that the small-scale changes are beneficial.
KW - child care
KW - gradual transformative change
KW - policy learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85147159039&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/00953997221147225
DO - 10.1177/00953997221147225
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AN - SCOPUS:85147159039
SN - 0095-3997
VL - 55
SP - 381
EP - 404
JO - Administration and Society
JF - Administration and Society
IS - 3
ER -