Politics and policy implementation in the Third World / edited by Merilee S. Grindle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Policy Content and Context in Implementation / Merilee S. Grindle -- PART 1: From Formulation to Implementation -- The Paradox of Popularity: "Ideological" Program Implementation in Zambia / Stephen A. Quick -- Reform Governments and Policy Implementation: Lessons from Peru / Cynthia McClintock -- PART 2: Choice and Consequence of Implementing Strategies -- The Pilot Project and the Choice of an Implementing Strategy: Community Development in India / Gerald E. Sussman -- From Pilot Project to Operational Program in India: The Problems of Transition / David F. Plye -- Administrative Decentralization and the Implementation of Housing Policy in Colombia / Irene Fraser Rothenberg -- Controlled Decentralization and Policy Implementation: The Case of Rural Electrification in Rajasthan / Susan G. Hadden -- PART 3: Deciding Who Gets What -- The Implementor: Political Constraints on Rural Development in Mexico / Merilee S. Grindle -- The Politics of Public Housing in Nairobi / Frederick T. Temple, Nelle W. Temple -- The Failure of Influence: Squatter Eradication in Brazil / Janice Perlman -- CONCLUSION -- Implementation amidst Scarcity and Apathy: Political Power and Policy Design / Peter S. Cleaves