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100	1		_aHANBERGER, Anders _931950
245	1	0	_aPublic policy and legitimacy : _ba historical policyu analysis of the interplay of public policy and legitimacy
260			_aDordrecht, Netherlands : _bSpringer, _cDecember 2003
520	3		_aThis article explores the interplay of local government policy and legitimacy from a broad postpositivist perspective where historical accounts and narratives are used in a complementary fashion. The basic assumption is that legitimacy is the product of satisfying felt needs and solving perceived problems. Health and social malaise problems and related policies of the past 120 years are analyzed in 50 Swedish municipalities. The analysis indicates that municipality policies respond to local problems only partly. Generally, local government policies responded dynamically to ''objective and perceived problems before the 1970s, but did not resolve the problems. Todays legitimacy crisis could, to some extent, be explained by the discrepancy between high expectations created in the policy discourse and the central and local governments incapacity to offer sustainable solutions to ongoing problems. It is suggested that if history is considered more seriously in public policy making it could help policy makers and citizens readjust expectations, illuminate the limits and prospects for public policy, and identify ways to restore legitimacy. Moreover, legitimacy could be restored if more realistic policies are worked out and if a new division of power between the levels of government is introduced
773	0	8	_tPolicy Sciences _g36, 3-4, p. 257-278 _dDordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, December 2003 _xISSN 0032-2867 _w
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998			_a20070523 _b1716^b _cTiago
998			_a20070604 _b1425^b _cZailton
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c23588 _d23588
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