PUBLIC POLICY

Role of institutions in policy making process



Role of institutions in policy making process

Introduction

Public policy is generally actions taken by administrative and executive branches of state. It is done according to the level of issues which have to be consistent with institutional customs and law. The foundation is the constitutional laws which are substantial and national such as federal code of US. The substrates are consisting of judicial interpretations and regulations and both of these are authorized by legislations (Wolf N. D).

According to scholars define public policy as course of action, laws, funding priorities and regulatory measures which are concerned with the topics promulgated by representatives of government or by governmental entities. Usually public policy is embodied in judicial decisions, constitutions and legislative acts. It depends from country to country for example in United States this concept does not only refer to the result of policies; it also refers to the decision making and analysis of the decisions taken by the government. Academically, public policies are studied by students and professors who are in major universities of public policy schools. In some states there are especial associations for public policy practitioners like Association for public policy analysis and management (Kilpatrick N. D).

Public Institutions

Public institutions work as a vehicle in the formulation of public policy. The word institutions sounds like very organized and formality but it is also referred to control the traffic. It means that public institutions control the public policies, see the direction of them and check whether these policies are properly formulated and applied or not. Executive, legislatives and judicial institutions of the government make the basic policies. Bureaucracies and regulatory agencies have huge role in the making and implementation of public policies (Gerston 2010).

There are various examples which show the role of institutions in the creation of public policies. Governmental require many branches to check and maintain the policies. It also depends on the situation; sometimes only single organization can frame the policies even though they do not dominate the process of policies. Governors, mayors and other political leaders are the once who forward public issues because they have the authority to deal with all the public issues. Governors and political leaders who have authorities can also make the policies and amend them according to the situation (Gerston 2010).

Many examples of these can be seen in many countries. Sometimes a president establishes some public policies according to the situation but then the policy is of no use when the problem is solved so that leader can change the policy or totally demolish that policy. Sometimes when other political leaders take place and get the authority they take the decision according to that situation. The example of this is when a president of a country changes any policy so the current presidents have the authority to amend that policy. In executive branch of public policy many leader make effective policies especially at the time of budget (Gerston 2010).

In legislative group of individuals who are elected by the state ...