POL353Y5 Lecture Notes - Lake Simcoe, Canadian Bankers Association, Credit Card Interest
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If you"re a minister of health, the policy will be everyone in the country has impute in the policy (people, drug companies, doctors) bureaucrats who run these administrations are interacting with these players in the policy community. Two parts insiders: sub government: lead government agency or branch responsible for the policy, other policy-making agencies in the government & a small group of elite interest groups that are consulted regularly. Outsiders: attentive public, members of the policy community who watch the development of a policy closely, may or may not be consulted by the lead government agency. Example: academic expert on policy, who is not consulted regularly and does not get inside briefing of what the minister is considering, but may be drawn in when required. Example: lead ministry = health, interested groups- insiders (subgovernment) professional association such as canadian medical association, canadian.