This article develops a heuristic framework to help analysts navigate an important but under-researched issue: ‘policy success for whom?’ It identifies different forms of policy success across the policy making, program, political and temporal realms, to assess how a specific policy can differentially benefit a variety of stakeholders, including governments, lobbyists, not-for-profits, community groups and individuals. The article identifies a three-step process to aid researchers in examining any policy initiative in order to understand the forms and extent of success experienced by any actor/stakeholder. Central to these steps is the examination of plausible assessments and counter assessments to help interrogate issues of ‘success for whom.’ The article demonstrates a practical application of the framework to a case study focused on the Fixing Houses for Better Health (FHBH) program in Australia—a time-limited Commonwealth government-funded program aimed at improving Indigenous health outcomes by fixing housing.

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政策成功为谁？分析框架

本文开发了一个启发式框架，以帮助分析师解决一个重要但研究不足的问题：“为谁制定政策成功？” 它在政策制定、计划、政治和时间领域确定了不同形式的政策成功，以评估特定政策如何使各种利益相关者受益，包括政府、说客、非营利组织、社区团体和个人。本文确定了一个三步过程，以帮助研究人员检查任何政策举措，以了解任何参与者/利益相关者所经历的成功形式和程度。这些步骤的核心是检查合理的评估和反评估，以帮助询问“为谁成功”的问题。