HALL, Thad E. <br/><br/>
Structures for policy implementation :  an analysis of national legislation, 1965-1966 and 1993-1994 

 - Thousand Oaks :  SAGE,  January 2000 
<br/><br/> Public administration has long considered the administrative agency as the core institution shaping action. But specialists in policy implementation, in particular have suggested that networks spanning multiple organizations may be important phenomena. National legislation from two Congresses is analyzed to determine the kinds of structures explicitly stipulated or encouraged for new of amended programs. The most important questions have to do lated or encouradged for new or amended programs. The most important questions have to do with the extent which single-agency or networked (multiactor) structures are used and the with the extent to which intergovernmental versus intragovernamental programs are prominent. The evidence shows that the great majority of legislation requires multiactor structures spanning governments, sector and/or agencies: intergovernmental programs are especially prominent: and the multiactor character of the structures has remained relatively constant. These findings carry implications for the study and practice of public administration