About Stonefield Review

An independent publication about the design and delivery of public policy.

Stonefield Review publishes explanatory writing about public policy: how a programme is structured, where its money comes from, which constraint actually binds, and what to look for in the documents.

The editorial interest is in mechanism. A great deal of policy argument is conducted at the level of intention, where everyone agrees, and very little at the level of design, where the outcome is actually determined. This publication tries to work at the second level.

Independence

Stonefield Review is not affiliated with any campaign, political party, candidate, officeholder, agency, trade association or advocacy organisation. It does not endorse candidates, does not solicit or accept political donations, and does not campaign.

Corrections

Factual errors are corrected on the page where they appeared, with a dated note. Where an error was material to the argument, the correction says so.

Contributions

We accept a small number of contributed pieces from people who work in or study these areas. See write for us.