When policy becomes reality

This anthology was published on the occasion of Professor Søren Winter’s 60th birthday. The anthology contains contributions from researchers and other professionals who have worked with Søren in various ways during the course of his long career.
The contributors were:
•Erik Albæk, Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Management, SDU
•Jens Blom-Hansen, Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
•Peter Munk Christiansen, Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
•Helle Osmer Clausen, Head of Division, Ministry of Employment
•Margaretha Järvinen, Professor, SFI – The Danish National Centre for Social Research
•Peter May, Professor, University of Washington, Seattle
•Poul Erik Mouritzen, Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Management, SDU
•Vibeke Lehmann Nielsen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, and Senior Researcher, SFI – The Danish National Centre for Social Research
•Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard, Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Management, SDU
•Thomas Pallesen, Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
•Niels Ploug, Research Director, SFI – The Danish National Centre for Social Research
•Anders Rosdahl, Senior Researcher, SFI – The Danish National Centre for Social Research
•Bo Smith, Permanent Secretary, the Danish Ministry of Employment
•Jørgen Søndergaard, Managing Director, SFI – The Danish National Centre for Social Research
•Mikkel Thøgersen, Manager, Rambøll Management
The core of Søren Winter’s research has always been to reveal the mechanisms that take effect when political decisions leave the Parliament or council chamber and are put in the hands of the implementing bodies in the public sector – i.e. when policy becomes reality. The chapters of the book contribute in various ways to an understanding and discussion of this by highlighting the object fields (e.g. integration, employment, employment training, local authority structure and public regulation) and theoretical issues (e.g. implementation, local implementer behaviour and decision process theory) that have characterised Søren Winter’s work over the years.