This text examines why and when policies or organizations are terminated, how they can be terminated successfully, and what often prevents them from being terminated. The literature on termination and a variety of case studies are reviewed in order to identify theories supported by research.

Mark R. Daniels

Chapter 1 Public Policy and Organization Termination: An Overview; Chapter 2 The Literature of Termination; Chapter 3 Sunset Legislation: Exploring the Linkages Between Termination and Innovation; Chapter 4 Organizational Termination and Policy Continuation; Chapter 5 Implementing Policy Termination; Chapter 6 Evaluating Termination Research;