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Abstract

This chapter defines the constituent elements of a policy. It refers to public policy as the power games in a specific institutional context played out between various public actors who make a concerted effort to resolve a collective problem in collaboration with or in opposition to para-state and private actors. It adds that public policy is a large number of legislative and administrative activities aimed at the resolution of real problems. The constituent elements of public policy comprise a solution to a public problem, the existence of target groups at the root of a public problem, intentional coherence at the very least, the existence of several decisions and activities, the intervention programme, the key role of public actors, the existence of formalised measures, and the decisions and activities that impose constraints. Lastly, the chapter explains the policy cycle.

Abstract

This chapter defines the constituent elements of a policy. It refers to public policy as the power games in a specific institutional context played out between various public actors who make a concerted effort to resolve a collective problem in collaboration with or in opposition to para-state and private actors. It adds that public policy is a large number of legislative and administrative activities aimed at the resolution of real problems. The constituent elements of public policy comprise a solution to a public problem, the existence of target groups at the root of a public problem, intentional coherence at the very least, the existence of several decisions and activities, the intervention programme, the key role of public actors, the existence of formalised measures, and the decisions and activities that impose constraints. Lastly, the chapter explains the policy cycle.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of tables and figures v
  4. Preface to the English edition vii
  5. Introduction ix
  6. Theoretical framework
  7. Theoretical perspectives on policy analysis 3
  8. Keys to the analysis
  9. Public policy 21
  10. Policy actors 39
  11. Policy resources 63
  12. Institutional rules 91
  13. Analysis model
  14. Analysis model 113
  15. Political agenda setting 125
  16. Policy programming 151
  17. Policy implementation 187
  18. Evaluating policy effects 221
  19. Research and working hypotheses 251
  20. Conclusion 273
  21. References 289
  22. Index 315
Public policy analysis
This chapter is in the book Public policy analysis
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781847422309-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of tables and figures v
  4. Preface to the English edition vii
  5. Introduction ix
  6. Theoretical framework
  7. Theoretical perspectives on policy analysis 3
  8. Keys to the analysis
  9. Public policy 21
  10. Policy actors 39
  11. Policy resources 63
  12. Institutional rules 91
  13. Analysis model
  14. Analysis model 113
  15. Political agenda setting 125
  16. Policy programming 151
  17. Policy implementation 187
  18. Evaluating policy effects 221
  19. Research and working hypotheses 251
  20. Conclusion 273
  21. References 289
  22. Index 315
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