The 1991 Child Support Act Failure Foreseeable and Foreseen /

• Main Author: McCarthy-Cotter, Leanne (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Public policy.; Legislative bodies.; Political science.; Political theory.; Political leadership.; Economic development.; Youth in development.; Public Policy.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; Governance and Government.; Political Theory.; Political Leadership.; Development and Children.

"In this meticulous study, Leanne McCarthy-Cotter traces the unhappy career of the 1991 Child Support Act - one of several misbegotten effects of Britain's dalliance with 'Thatcherism'. In particular, she warns against the uncritical transfer of policy ideas which might have been...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter One - Approaches to Policy Analysis and the Stages Heuristic
• Chapter Two - The Background, 'Setting the Scene'
• Chapter Three - Problem Definition
• Chapter Four - Policy Formation, Part One: 'Dual-Policy Transfer' and the 1991 Child Support Act
• Chapter Five - Policy Formulation, Part Two: The Imbalance of Power within the Core Executive
• Chapter Six - The Flawed Legislative Process
• Chapter Seven - Implementation and the 1991 Child Support Act
• Chapter Eight - The Failure of the 1991 Child Support Act
• Chapter Nine - Conclusion.