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100 1 _aGINGER, Clare
_928156
245 1 0 _aInterpreting roads in roadless areas :
_borganizational culture, ambiguity, and change in agency responses to policy mandates
260 _aThousand Oaks :
_bSAGE,
_cJanuary 1998
520 3 _aThis article examines how Bureau of Land Management personnel interpreted roads in the context of wilderness policy implementation. It assesses ambiguity of and change in policy using three frameworks from the organizational culture literature. The frameworks emphasize (a) shared understandings, (b) differences among agency units, and (c) fragmentation within units. The analysis shows how interpretations of roads are shaped by existing understandings and provide opportunities for new understandings to develop. It also shows how policy initiatives can be understood as simultaneously requiring organization-wide change, selective change, and no change. This suggests that using multiple analytical frames is important for understanding the implementation of ambiguous and changing policy
773 0 8 _tAdministration & Society
_g29, 6, p. 723-757
_dThousand Oaks : SAGE, January 1998
_xISSN 00953997
_w
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_cNatália
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_cCarolina
999 _aConvertido do Formato PHL
_bPHL2MARC21 1.1
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