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Public Policy for The Developing Countries
Public policy is a key success for developing countries, but has been so much neglected. As political development become more fascinating and the policy process transforms into a dry and technical law making process, and the leaders and intutional decision making is trapped into interest bargaining among elites.
In fact, public policy is a product of any political system, whaever the systems are. In the pragmatism approach, it might be understood that no matter what the political system is, people seek an excellent public policy. China, Singapore, Malaysia are developing a pragmatic approach. South Korea and Taiwan have their democratic maturity that side by side with excellent policies. India, Indonesia, Philippines have other different stories.
The developing contries have promoted their own model of policy that might enrich the theories of public policy, by creating understanding toward public policy, and how it should be exercised, espesially among developing countries. It is a shared learning process, a cross-fertilization one. The book consist of Understanding Policy : From Development to Character, Policy Process, Policy Making : The Struggle for Model, Mapping and Choosing model, Policy Implementation, Policy Controlling, Leadership, and three case studies on public policy practices in Indonesia and Malaysia.
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