A very broad'systems' view of public policy characteristics policy decisions as outputs of the political systems.
According to David Easton -the political system stands for those distinctive structures and processes in a society that is predominantly oriented towards the authoritative allocation of values for the society.
The boundary of the system has to be delineated with reference to the activities and processes that are identified as 'political'.
The system is embedded in an environment with which in constant interaction.
'Inputs' are received into the political system from the external environment in the form of demands and supports. The demands seek to activate the process of policy making with a view of authoritative decisions.
These can be directed towards the reduction in prices, prohibition, abrogation of her public needs.
Supports are indicative of acceptance of public policies and results
of actions like elections, tax impositions etc.
The authoritative allocation of Easton formulations is policy decisions. System theory thus conceives of public policy as an output of the political system.
The system view has been widely accepted as a useful way of looking at the policy process as it actually works out in government.
Policy analysis in terms of both formulation and impact evaluation is greatly facilitated by the systems approach.
According to David Easton -the political system stands for those distinctive structures and processes in a society that is predominantly oriented towards the authoritative allocation of values for the society.
The boundary of the system has to be delineated with reference to the activities and processes that are identified as 'political'.
The system is embedded in an environment with which in constant interaction.
'Inputs' are received into the political system from the external environment in the form of demands and supports. The demands seek to activate the process of policy making with a view of authoritative decisions.
These can be directed towards the reduction in prices, prohibition, abrogation of her public needs.
Supports are indicative of acceptance of public policies and results
of actions like elections, tax impositions etc.
The authoritative allocation of Easton formulations is policy decisions. System theory thus conceives of public policy as an output of the political system.
The system view has been widely accepted as a useful way of looking at the policy process as it actually works out in government.
Policy analysis in terms of both formulation and impact evaluation is greatly facilitated by the systems approach.
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