The second in our PoPP group’s series of blog posts reflecting on the connections between established political science/ policy theory insights and a renewed focus on learning from success.
Positive public policy – or ‘walking on the bright side’– focuses attention on the benefits of studying policy success as well as failure.
This endeavour prompts a simple question – what does success look like?...
This analysis of policy success frameworks reveals a deeper tension between centralized control and decentralized collaboration—a paradigm that echoes historical debates about governance and power distribution. The top-down perspective, rooted in the Westminster Model, prioritizes electoral survival and centralized authority, while the bottom-up approach champions adaptability and local agency. The strongest version of this narrative is its call to balance these perspectives, recognizing that bo...