{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2491397170","doi":null,"title":"Drowning under unintended consequences: a specific example of policy mess","display_name":"Drowning under unintended consequences: a specific example of policy mess","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-07-03","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2491397170","mag":"2491397170"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:era.ed.ac.uk:1842/15940","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15940","pdf_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15940","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407055182","display_name":"ERA","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Thesis or Dissertation"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15940","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086974699","display_name":"David Williamson Murray","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"David Williamson Murray","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5086974699"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10213","display_name":"Public Policy and Administration Research","score":0.9442999958992004,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3321","display_name":"Public Administration"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10213","display_name":"Public Policy and Administration Research","score":0.9442999958992004,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3321","display_name":"Public Administration"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12210","display_name":"Policy Transfer and Learning","score":0.03099999949336052,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11300","display_name":"Global Educational Policies and Reforms","score":0.008200000040233135,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/unintended-consequences","display_name":"unintended consequences","score":0.8730000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-policy-implementation","display_name":"public policy implementation","score":0.8820000290870667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/policy-networks","display_name":"policy networks","score":0.8709999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/private-finance-initiative","display_name":"Private Finance Initiative","score":0.8659999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/further-education-funding","display_name":"further education funding","score":0.7440000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/policy-learning","display_name":"policy learning","score":0.5830000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/new-public-management","display_name":"New Public Management","score":0.8420000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/policy-change","display_name":"policy change","score":0.5080000162124634}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776889888","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1135789","display_name":"Unintended consequences","level":2,"score":0.7069289684295654},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73484699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161733","display_name":"Criminology","level":1,"score":0.4406163990497589},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3974258303642273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77595967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3151013","display_name":"Forensic engineering","level":1,"score":0.3506004810333252},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.31952977180480957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.24574503302574158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.23564133048057556}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:era.ed.ac.uk:1842/15940","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15940","pdf_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15940","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407055182","display_name":"ERA","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Thesis or Dissertation"},{"id":"mag:2491397170","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/15940","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:era.ed.ac.uk:1842/15940","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15940","pdf_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15940","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407055182","display_name":"ERA","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Thesis or Dissertation"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.4700999855995178}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2491397170.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2491397170.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":142,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W4371184","https://openalex.org/W11806025","https://openalex.org/W14100669","https://openalex.org/W16922889","https://openalex.org/W41440739","https://openalex.org/W49119747","https://openalex.org/W99171556","https://openalex.org/W246197799","https://openalex.org/W323478544","https://openalex.org/W428194138","https://openalex.org/W563246804","https://openalex.org/W566080064","https://openalex.org/W567565414","https://openalex.org/W570417834","https://openalex.org/W606922351","https://openalex.org/W610493625","https://openalex.org/W612396548","https://openalex.org/W620606086","https://openalex.org/W632065125","https://openalex.org/W646771634","https://openalex.org/W1485319711","https://openalex.org/W1490431229","https://openalex.org/W1492381003","https://openalex.org/W1503338545","https://openalex.org/W1508522130","https://openalex.org/W1513955264","https://openalex.org/W1515587369","https://openalex.org/W1515810707","https://openalex.org/W1523726912","https://openalex.org/W1524144569","https://openalex.org/W1527311855","https://openalex.org/W1527958366","https://openalex.org/W1529929441","https://openalex.org/W1531512403","https://openalex.org/W1553286440","https://openalex.org/W1560871399","https://openalex.org/W1561216250","https://openalex.org/W1562773932","https://openalex.org/W1570555560","https://openalex.org/W1572955664","https://openalex.org/W1577785489","https://openalex.org/W1583177054","https://openalex.org/W1587952549","https://openalex.org/W1589654640","https://openalex.org/W1590109028","https://openalex.org/W1592919909","https://openalex.org/W1593512270","https://openalex.org/W1598416334","https://openalex.org/W1606540519","https://openalex.org/W1608170983","https://openalex.org/W1636115385","https://openalex.org/W1882707361","https://openalex.org/W1910408788","https://openalex.org/W1965349186","https://openalex.org/W1965487480","https://openalex.org/W1965516070","https://openalex.org/W1967941872","https://openalex.org/W1970326724","https://openalex.org/W1971665692","https://openalex.org/W1980406593","https://openalex.org/W1981785183","https://openalex.org/W1981799057","https://openalex.org/W1985546364","https://openalex.org/W1993856853","https://openalex.org/W1998900626","https://openalex.org/W2000117884","https://openalex.org/W2004905761","https://openalex.org/W2007342040","https://openalex.org/W2007594419","https://openalex.org/W2010299429","https://openalex.org/W2010955744","https://openalex.org/W2011392407","https://openalex.org/W2011712601","https://openalex.org/W2018378619","https://openalex.org/W2022397656","https://openalex.org/W2023954026","https://openalex.org/W2026730010","https://openalex.org/W2031112152","https://openalex.org/W2037512490","https://openalex.org/W2037922154","https://openalex.org/W2038593766","https://openalex.org/W2043533996","https://openalex.org/W2044993521","https://openalex.org/W2047737863","https://openalex.org/W2052999216","https://openalex.org/W2053633732","https://openalex.org/W2054812030","https://openalex.org/W2057503343","https://openalex.org/W2058352751","https://openalex.org/W2058466577","https://openalex.org/W2059194835","https://openalex.org/W2059643969","https://openalex.org/W2064740117","https://openalex.org/W2065967525","https://openalex.org/W2067516463","https://openalex.org/W2074117897","https://openalex.org/W2079341247","https://openalex.org/W2085234352","https://openalex.org/W2085500839","https://openalex.org/W2095807160","https://openalex.org/W2096179208","https://openalex.org/W2096813277","https://openalex.org/W2097664242","https://openalex.org/W2097809632","https://openalex.org/W2099717296","https://openalex.org/W2108090653","https://openalex.org/W2109312871","https://openalex.org/W2109942555","https://openalex.org/W2112289938","https://openalex.org/W2116588283","https://openalex.org/W2120761580","https://openalex.org/W2128215771","https://openalex.org/W2130717231","https://openalex.org/W2131919747","https://openalex.org/W2136429448","https://openalex.org/W2136629724","https://openalex.org/W2137441478","https://openalex.org/W2137809379","https://openalex.org/W2138273281","https://openalex.org/W2139892921","https://openalex.org/W2141027520","https://openalex.org/W2144615478","https://openalex.org/W2147272684","https://openalex.org/W2149669539","https://openalex.org/W2153535053","https://openalex.org/W2163751880","https://openalex.org/W2164599981","https://openalex.org/W2170285458","https://openalex.org/W2183391584","https://openalex.org/W2185118865","https://openalex.org/W2268460453","https://openalex.org/W2284915796","https://openalex.org/W2289407580","https://openalex.org/W2316063291","https://openalex.org/W2322324549","https://openalex.org/W3121147769","https://openalex.org/W3144127399","https://openalex.org/W3193733569","https://openalex.org/W3210326738","https://openalex.org/W3214833809","https://openalex.org/W4211104958","https://openalex.org/W4388174322"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2587462000","https://openalex.org/W184025150","https://openalex.org/W2745273475","https://openalex.org/W2309002673","https://openalex.org/W2410703718","https://openalex.org/W2315211050","https://openalex.org/W2055965075","https://openalex.org/W7100809172","https://openalex.org/W3015456889","https://openalex.org/W642686133"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,84,107,138,168,278,308],"research":[1,111,139,184,279],"focused":[2],"on":[3,73],"public":[4,34,90,121,155,165,249,301,306],"policy":[5,13,35,122,156,166,180,187,200,203,211,214,221,250,287,302,337,344],"implementation,":[6],"unintended":[7,191,196],"consequences":[8,192,197],"of":[9,19,70,81,95,104,109,118,135,161,170,210,220,231,248,262,300,314,342],"government":[10,325],"action":[11],"and":[12,49,58,76,153,173,229,271,304,326],"mess,":[14],"using":[15],"the":[16,39,45,50,51,64,74,78,82,93,100,105,110,116,133,159,183,195,234,237,266,283,298,315],"particular":[17],"example":[18],"West":[20,238,316],"Lothian":[21,239,317],"College's":[22],"Private":[23],"Finance":[24],"Initiative":[25],"procured":[26],"Livingstone":[27],"campus":[28],"as":[29,92,207,217,225,282,292],"a":[30,96,164,179,208,218],"case":[31,48,148,241],"study.":[32],"A":[33],"change":[36,215,232],"led":[37,141],"to":[38,54,115,142],"college":[40,65,85],"becoming":[41],"financially":[42],"insecure,":[43],"undermined":[44],"college's":[46,52],"business":[47],"ability":[53],"meet":[55],"its":[56],"contractual":[57],"financial":[59],"obligations.":[60],"If":[61],"left":[62],"unresolved,":[63],"would":[66],"have":[67,321,330],"run":[68],"out":[69],"money,":[71],"defaulted":[72],"contract":[75],"threatened":[77],"very":[79],"existence":[80],"institution.":[83],"estate":[86],"was":[87,243,280],"taken":[88],"into":[89],"ownership":[91],"result":[94,209,219],"negotiated":[97],"settlement":[98],"with":[99,339],"private":[101,268],"sector":[102],"owners":[103],"campus.":[106],"importance":[108],"lay":[112],"in":[113,132,163,199,233,297,312],"adding":[114],"body":[117],"knowledge":[119],"around":[120],"implementation":[123,157,303,345],"theory,":[124],"which":[125],"is":[126],"not":[127],"well":[128],"researched":[129],"or":[130],"understood":[131],"context":[134],"further":[136,274],"education.":[137],"design":[140],"an":[143,226,246,293,340],"in-depth":[144],"interpretive,":[145],"instrumental,":[146],"single":[147],"study":[149],"that":[150,245,286,311],"explored,":[151],"described":[152],"explained":[154],"from":[158],"perspective":[160],"participants":[162],"network.":[167],"techniques":[169],"semi-structured":[171],"interviews":[172],"documentary":[174],"analysis":[175],"were":[176],"used.":[177],"Using":[178],"networks":[181,288,320],"approach,":[182],"identified:":[185],"how":[186,190,194],"gets":[188],"modified;":[189],"arose;":[193],"resulted":[198],"mess;":[201,212,222],"what":[202,213],"learning":[204],"took":[205],"place":[206],"occurred":[216],"my":[223],"role":[224],"interested":[227],"researcher":[228],"agent":[230],"situation.":[235],"In":[236],"College":[240,318],"it":[242],"found":[244],"ensemble":[247,261],"had":[251],"been":[252],"at":[253],"play":[254],"rather":[255],"than":[256],"simply":[257],"one":[258],"policy.":[259],"This":[260],"top-down":[263],"policies":[264],"comprised":[265],"UK-wide":[267],"finance":[269],"initiative":[270],"two":[272],"Scotland-wide":[273],"education":[275],"funding":[276],"policies.":[277],"timely":[281],"literature":[284],"suggests":[285],"are":[289],"increasingly":[290],"identified":[291],"important":[294],"governance":[295],"mechanism":[296],"areas":[299],"new":[305],"management.":[307],"findings":[309],"show":[310],"respect":[313],"case,":[319],"reconfigured":[322],"relationship":[323],"between":[324],"other":[327],"actors.":[328,346],"They":[329],"also":[331],"linked":[332],"previously":[333],"separate":[334],"central,":[335],"vertical,":[336],"makers":[338],"array":[341],"horizontal":[343]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-08-23T00:00:00"}