SPP Dean, Diane Stone publishes: “Between policy failure and policy success: bricolage, experimentalism and translation in policy transfer," a chapter in an edited collection by Claire Dunlop: Policy Learning and Policy Failure, published by The Policy Press.
First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this updated volume explores policy failures and the valuable opportunities for learning that they offer. The studies in this volume seeks to investigate the broken link between practice and learning. The book defines policy learning and failure and organises the main studies in these fields along the key dimensions of processes, products and analytical levels. Drawing together a range of experts in the field, the volume sketches a research agenda linking policy scholars with policy practice.