Policy Making Process

Naimish Patel

1. Benefit

The satisfaction people think they will get by adopting a

certain legislation.

2. Boycott

A coordinated effort to get people to stop buying goods and services in order to get a

company to change its policies.

3. Client politics

Where a small group gets benefits but the public pays the

cost.

4. Cost

Burden that people must bear if a policy is adopted.

5. Cost argument

Why its worth it to adopt a policy.

6. Deregulation

To free from regulation, especially to remove

government regulations from: deregulate the airline industry.

7. Entrepreneurial Politics

Benefit society as a whole but the cost is on some

unidentifiable segment of society.

8. Here-and-now argument

Considering the current situation

9. Interest group politics

One small group bears the cost and another small group bears

the benefits.

10. Logrolling

One legislature supports another project in exchange for

support on his own.

11. Majoritarian Politics

Doing what most people want.

12. Policy entrepreneurs

People who pull together a majority on the behalf of unorganized interests.

13. Political agenda

Set of issues that merit action.

14. Pork barrel projects

Gives benefits to constituents in hopes of winning their votes in

return.

15. Process regulation

Rules that regulate the manufacturing industry with

hopes of improving things for workers.

16. Relative deprivation

The measurement of poverty.

• Or effects of a legislation

17. Values

Principles and moral standards. Or Worth of something.