PUBLIC POLICY

Running Head : PUBLIC POLICY

Public Policy

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In the contemporary society , the world is characterized by freedom of speech and expression and also by a market place of policy ideas waiting to be prioritized or given a legislative action . As explained in detail by Hays (2001 , analysis of Public policy debates began by John Kingdon (1984 ) and reissued in 1995 . Kingdon critically examined how specific policies problems solutions become prominent . Looking at the policy making process , Kingdon particularly concentrated on the prediction stage and agenda

setting ignoring the politics of how policy choices are made . He argued that many individual through their own means may call for attention on a particular policy issue that need to be changed but at the end of the day it is a group of elected experts whom he called policy community who make decision on the issue to be the first agenda item therefore providing the ground for new policies (Hays , 2001

The communities operate as resources but also as gatekeepers . Kingdon argued that collectively a range of individuals serve to make up the necessary policy community or networks including experts , elected officials , bureaucrats , researchers and even government itself . These communities influence the policy debate as witnessed in public policy institute of California (Mintrom , 2000 . As a gate keeper , policy community or networks have a role in informal communication between those inside and the one outside the government . The channels are extraordinary open considering new ideas which deserve implementation while deciding...