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The Politics of Policy Analysis, Policy Evaluation and Public Participation

Bimbo OGUNBANJO, PhD

Abstract

The assertion that there is a trend in policy analysis should not be interpreted as indicating that its creators intentionally aim for coordination or that their goals are consistent. The policy analysis movement is quite influential even though it is not politically equivalent to other social movements. Government advice-giving mechanisms have been transformed, policy debates have changed, and as a result, long-standing but informal advising practices that transfer authority and influence have been called into question. Policy evaluation is the process of making a decision about how well a specific policy process, department, or program is performing based on its attractiveness. In policy evaluation conversations, participation is nothing new. According to several academics, participation is a crucial component of the assessment procedure. This paper has a robust critical and expository methodological garb. Taking this into consideration, the procedures and difficulties of reviewing policies with the involvement of impacted publics are covered along with policy analysis. This paper starts by going over the reasons behind the growing need for policy analysis. After that, it examines how the supply of policy analysis has expanded and changed to meet this demand. Ex post policy evaluation is examined in light of several themes that have emerged from participatory governance theory and practice. This paper focuses especially on the difficulties and politics involved in incorporating other viewpoints into the policy review process. Both more inclusive and deliberative forms of citizen engagement as well as more traditional approaches, like public hearings and surveys, are taken into account when evaluating policies. The current status of public policy debate and the anticipated future directions of policy advising practice and policy analyst training are covered in the paper's conclusion. It discusses some of the particular challe

Keywords

PolicyPolicy AnalysisPolicy MakingPolicy EvaluationPublic Participation.

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