在政策分析領域中,政策終結的研究長久以來受到學者的忽視,相關文獻並不多見,因此無法成為熱門的研究議題,致使其成為政策循環圈隱晦不明的部分。此外,在多數先進國家的政府部門,面對日益嚴重的財政壓力,因此如何終結缺乏效能或過時的政策、計畫、組織,便顯得愈形重要。故本文分別從政策終結的意義、類型、成因、方式等層面著手,以便對政策終結的概念有一基本的認識。其次則分析政策終結不易成功的八種原因,以了解在實際的政治運作中,為何政策終結如此難以達成。再次引述Robert Behn的觀點,說明十二個政策終結的有效策略。再者又引述Eugene Bardach的研究,闡述有利於政策終結的五種情況。最後則根據前述論說,提出本文的五項結論,為本文劃下句點。
In the field of policy analysis, policy termination clearly has been a less attended issue, therefore there are little amount of literature which we can study, and that's why the reason it can not be the popular issue for scholars,. and remain itself a rather obscure part of the policy cycle. Besides, the public sectors within most of the advanced nations are confronted with pressing and growing financial constraints, the problem of how to terminate ineffective or outdated public policies, programs, or organizations is increasingly important. In order to gain a fundamental understanding about policy termination, the author explore the policy termination's meanings, types, reasons and mehtods .Then the author also analyze the reasons why policy termination are not so easy to achieve in the real political situation. And then Robert Behn's 12 guidelines for successful termination was introduced. Then, according to Eugene Bardach's study, there are five conditions which facilitate policy termination was mentioned. And finally, The author generated five conclusions as an ending.