Abstract

Scholars and practitioners must increasingly embrace complexity in policy implementation research and practice. This article presents findings from in-depth comparative qualitative analysis of two complex transboundary water policy cases, the North American Great Lakes and Rio Grande/Bravo Basin, to highlight the value of focusing on four sets of factors (contextual, institutional, engagement, and knowledge factors) to understand why complex policy regimes continue to face limited policy implementation success in achieving policy goals decades after initiating implementation efforts. The findings outline the value of focusing on critical sets of factors in comparative policy implementation research that embraces complexity.

摘要

学者和实践者必须越来越多地接受政策实施研究和实践中的复杂性。本文介绍了对北美五大湖和里奥格兰德/布拉沃盆地这两个复杂的跨界水政策案例进行深入比较定性分析的结果，以强调关注四组因素（背景、制度、参与和和）的价值。知识因素）来理解为什么复杂的政策制度在启动实施工作几十年后在实现政策目标方面继续面临有限的政策实施成功。调查结果概述了在包含复杂性的比较政策实施研究中关注关键因素集的价值。