scholarly journals Management of the Influence of Organized Interests on Public Policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
Anželika Gumuliauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Organized Interests ◽  
Methods Of Analysis

The article analyzes the management of the influence of organized interests on public policy. The article reveals the concept of organized interests, the essential differences in comparing the concepts of organized interests and interest groups. The article takes the view that organized interests are a more neutral concept that better explains the nature of all actors seeking to influence public policy-making. The author of the article is of the opinion that the concept of interest groups – due to the disagreement of scientists in defining it – causes a lot of confusion when comparing the results of different researches and using the theoretical insights of other scientists. Organized interests interact with other public policy makers to influence policy outcomes. This article analyzes the ways in which organized interests can influence public policy. According to the author of the article, by identifying the ways of influencing public policy, it is possible to envisage ways to manage that influence. The article applies methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization and comparative analysis of scientific literature.

scholarly journals Role of Media in Policy Making: Special reference to Afghanistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (03) ◽  
pp. 5821-5832
Author(s):  
Farooq Jan Mangal
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Legal Information

Mass media (Radio, TV, print…) plays a crucial and vital role in information distribution and thus in the political market and public policy making. Theory predicts that information provided by mass media reflects the media’s incentives to provide news to different types of groups in society, and affects these groups’ influence in policy-making. The study emphasize on the role of mass media in political markets and its effect on public policy-making. It attempts to develop a theoretical relationship between mass media and public policy. The empirical studies have tried to assess the effect of media on policy outcomes.      Analysing various cases in Afghanistan, media influences policy makers and higher authorities to act in accordance of the suggestion and recommendations of media workers and institutions. In recent decades, policy makers have considered on media’s soft and proper demands based on their suggestions and recommendations, even many articles in Afghanistan’s constitution would be amended.      According to our findings, ‘Access to Information Law’, passed by president Ashraf Ghani, was a combine demand of policy makers, lawyers and media workers, who believed that legal information except the information that can harm national security should be accessible by locals and media workers through law. Similarly, Afghan Journalist safety committee developed a comprehensive policy against women Sexual harassment that will be discussed in the paper as a ‘Case Study’. Hence, the policy has been accepted by Government of Afghanistan and is implemented since then

scholarly journals On Frontline Workers as Bureau-Political Actors: The Case of Civil–Military Crisis Management

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (7) ◽  
pp. 1148-1170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jori Pascal Kalkman ◽  
Peter Groenewegen
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Bureaucratic Politics ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Frontline Workers ◽  
The Public

We focus attention on the public policy-making influence of frontline bureaucrats. They are increasingly operating in interorganizational partnerships and networks in which they develop collaborative relations with frontline workers of other public organizations. We theorize that their embeddedness in local interorganizational environments induces and enables them to defy locally inappropriate policies and to pursue locally relevant policies as policy entrepreneurs simultaneously. The case study of policy-making in Dutch civil–military crisis management demonstrates that this “frontline bureaucratic politics” bears considerably on policy outcomes. We conclude that viewing frontline workers as bureau-political actors enhances our understanding of public policy-making in interorganizational arrangements.

How do Public Policy-makers Perceive National Quality Infrastructure? The Case of Serbia as an EU Pre-accession Country

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-293
Author(s):  
Jelena Ruso ◽  
Jovan Filipovic
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Accession Country ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
National Quality ◽  
Generalized Knowledge ◽  
Quality Infrastructure ◽  
The Eu

In this article, we develop a framework for a comparative analysis of policy-making in the EU pre- and post-accession CEE countries (CEECs) in order to create generalized knowledge in some particular areas, such as quality infrastructure (QI). In order to find how public policy-makers perceive QI, we employ a triangulation methodology. The results show that policy-makers are not fully familiar with national QI concepts and seldom rely on experts’ opinion. Moreover, QI legislation is uncritically transferred from the EU.

scholarly journals Towards a More Agile Public Policy Making

2016 ◽  
pp. 41-53
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Kasianiuk
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Agile Methodologies ◽  
Strong Capacity

This article aims at discussing the values and principles of the so called AGILE management (AGILE methodologies) in the context of public policy making. In particular, an effort is put into answering the question on the possibility of including the AGILE values and principles in the conduct of policy making. Known from the IT sector, AGILE methodologies have been lately drawing more attention of public policy makers in theworld. This approach seems to have a big advantage over hitherto applied modes of public operation, as it allows for a quicker adaptation of policies to changes of the environment.At the same time however, it seems to pose much bigger challenges on policy making bodies, as it requires a strong capacity for regulating diversity throughout the policy making processes in real time.

Introduction: themes of the book

2018 ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Stephen Gorard
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Weight Of Evidence ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
New Policies

This chapter illustrates the difficulties of public policy-making in education. Within this sector, policy-making is evidence-informed, meaning that policy-makers and their advisers come up with ideas for changes in policy, which may or may not be based on solid research evidence. Some of these ideas are implemented and can be evaluated in terms of their policy objectives. Policy-makers and their advisers then react to this newer evidence, and the improving cycle of policy continues. The chapter argues that, in reality, the cycle is nothing like this. In education, new policies and interventions are rarely based on good prior evidence of effectiveness and of their side effects. Many policy areas are evidence-resistant, in fact. Evidence-resistant here means that the policies are proposed and implemented, even though the clear weight of evidence is against them.

scholarly journals Making Policy Without Parameters: Obtaining Data on the Nonprofit Sector in a Local Community

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Roudebush ◽  
Jeffrey L. Brudney
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Considerable Difficulty ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Economic Contribution ◽  
Public Policy Decisions

This study began with an effort to obtain data on the economic contribution of the nonprofit sector in a large, metropolitan community to inform policy-makers. Despite the growing interest of policy-makers in the nonprofit sector, and the importance of accurate, reliable, and timely data to make sound public policy decisions and to evaluate their effects, we encountered considerable difficulty and gaps in assembling the necessary information. Based on our experience and the scholarly literature, we detail the problems and how scholars might address them in preparing reports on the local nonprofit sector. We conclude with recommendations to improve the collection, availability, and reliability of data on the nonprofit sector to guide public policy-making.

Electronic Advocacy: Interest Groups and Public Policy Making

1996 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrell M. West ◽  
Richard Francis
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Public Policy Making

scholarly journals THE EFFECTS OF TAWHIDIC PARADIGM ON PUBLIC POLICY MAKING IN MALAYSIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhaimi Bin Mhd Sarif ◽  
Yusof Bin Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Personal Interview ◽  
Public Policy Making ◽  
Policy Makers

This study examines the conceptualized effects of Tawhidic paradigm on economic policies to promote the growth of halal industry for sustainable wealth creation in Malaysia. Tawhidic paradigm provides guidance to economic policy thinking by relying upon the principles of Qur’an and Sunnah in formulating and implementing policy blueprint and instruments. The current policy thoughts are guided by market forces and sentiments which contributed to unbridled uncertainties and speculation. A Tawhidic paradigm policy thinking and process is developed to help ascertain the level of Tawhidic based policy thinking and practices at policy making, implementation and evaluation. Using personal interview with economic policy makers as method of collecting input, this study reveals that the informants do consider some levels of Tawhidic paradigm but the thoughts appear to be inadequate to help sustain wealth creation. =========================================== Efek Paradigma Tauhid dalam Pengambilan Kebijakan Publik di Malaysia________________________________________________ Studi ini ingin menguji dampak konsep paradigma Tauhid terhadap kebijakan ekonomi dalam mendorong pertumbuhan industri halal, demi terciptanya kekayaan berkelanjutan di Malaysia. Paradigma tauhid memberikan panduan pemikiran kebijakan ekonomi dengan mengandalkan prinsip-prinsip Alquran dan Sunnah dalam merumuskan dan menerapkan cetak biru instrumen kebijakan. Pemikiran kebijakan saat ini dipandu oleh kekuatan dan sentimen pasar yang berkontribusi terhadap ketidakpastian dan spekulasi yang tak terkendali. Pemikiran dan proses pemikiran tauhid dikembangkan untuk membantu memastikan tingkat pemikiran dan praktik kebijakan Tauhid berdasarkan pada pembuatan kebijakan, pelaksanaan dan evaluasi. Dengan menggunakan wawancara pribadi dengan pembuat kebijakan ekonomi sebagai metode untuk mengumpulkan masukan. Penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa informan mempertimbangkan beberapa tingkat paradigma Tauhid namun pemikiran tersebut tampaknya tidak memadai untuk membantu mempertahankan penciptaan kekayaan.

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