PUBLIC POLICY AS A WAY OF FORMING STRATEGIC POLITICAL DECISIONS

• Published in: Fìlosofìâ ta polìtologìâ v kontekstì sučasnoï kulʹturi Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 82 - 94
• Main Author: BEBEL, Oleksii
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 30.07.2024
• ISSN: 2663-0265; 2663-0273
• DOI: 10.15421/352422

The article examines the application of public policy as a way of forming strategic political decisions. The components and mechanisms of public policy that influence the process of political decision-making, namely public policy actors, public policy resources, and public policy models, are studied, besides, the positive aspects of using public policy as a way of forming strategic political decisions are presented.First, this article explored the essence of the concept of “public policy”, for which the definition of the concept of “public policy” itself was given and a comparative analysis was made in terms of the difference between state and public policy. Thanks to this, an answer was given as to why the term “public policy” should be used. After that, the elements of public policy that influence the formation and implementation of political decisions, primarily strategic ones, were examined. Such elements are public policy actors, public policy resources, and public policy models. In the context of public policy actors, the main typologies of actors proposed by scientists were considered and the status-role characteristics of each of them were determined, namely, whose interests these actors represent and articulate, their role in the context of public policy, how they exert their influence on formation of public policy.With regard to public policy resources, it was clarified what each of the resources is intended for, how accessible they are to each type of public policy actor, and how these resources are used. Acquaintance with the essence of these resources gave us an understanding of how public policy actors influence the formation and implementation of political decisions.Also, public policy models were considered, namely, what coordinate system of public decision-making, including political ones, is proposed in each of the models and which public policy actors are able to exert their influence on the formation and implementation of decisions in the proposed coordinate system. Which gave us an understanding of which of the models are most suitable for public policy.Having dealt with the essence of the concept of “public policy” and considered the elements of public policy that influence the formation and implementation of political decisions, the positive aspects of using public policy as a way of forming strategic political decisions were singled out.