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LFU Qallay Zanist Journal, 2023
The birth of law, government action or decision and even media release starts from a single problem growing to become massive issues. The process of making public policies has pros and antis. Therefore, to make an influential public policy, it should be investigated thoroughly and deeply. The importance of the subject is that public policy affects everyone in every society. There are many studies describing different solutions for solving various issues in the public. Nevertheless, this study investigates all the related aspects of public study so as to have a wider understanding about what, how, who, makes public policies in different level. For this conceptual paper, qualitative method is applied using content analysis approach for attaining secondary data to explain all the aspects of public policy, from raising issues to finding and implementing solutions. The policy makers are divided into two groups; official and non-official entities. In this study 46 recent studies and books focusing on public policy (issues, establishment, makers, and types) are scanned and analyzed. Finally, this article concludes that public policy is a completely important subject to be studied for having influence on all the aspects of each community. Therefore, the study suggests further investigations in any public policy for any issue before making and implementing the policy.
Public participation in the formulation and implementation of public policies
Участь громадськості у формуванні та реалізації державної політики, 2014
The article is about the problems of public participation in the formulation and implementation of national policy. The possible forms of public participation are concerned and the shortcomings of the Procedure for public consultation on the formulation and implementation of national policy are analyzed. In particular the dialectic of form and content of communication with the public is investigated. Public wants to be heard, so the degree of public participation and activity depends on the extent of government power to appreciate such position. So the guidelines for education and development of the activity of society worked out in some of the rules of the game to communicate with the public. Here we are talking about establishing institutional mechanisms for public participation. Government has to show the desire and expect public participation by itself. Therefore the public participation process is not independent, but it is a consequence of the authorities` attitude to the local problems and the public institution as a whole. The article also shows the basic postulates how to defer to public opinion in state decision-making. In addition, public factor is offered to design in implementing the state policy of each department of the local executive. In particular, it is recommended to have at least one expert in the each unit manning board of the local executive authority to pursue a course of "the promotion of civil society"; respective roles should be reflected in the provisions of subdivisions and job descriptions of the workers; the costs of organizing and holding the community involvement shall be estimated separately in the expenses budget for the maintenance. A specification of the deferring to public opinion mechanism in forming out and implementing public policy is also recommended to be expected from the lawmakers.