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ПРЕДИЗВИКАТЕЛСТВАТА ЗА ИНСТРУМЕНТАЛНАТА РАЦИОНАЛНОСТ НА ПУБЛИЧНИТЕ ПОЛИТИКИ
THE CHALLENGES TO INSTRUMENTAL RATIONALITY OF PUBLIC POLICIES

Author(s): Tatiana Tomova
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Governance, Public Administration, Sociology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: public policy; instrumental rationality; policy communities; policy networks; control over the policies

Summary/Abstract: In the current time of power dispersion and lots of stakeholders’ presence in public policy process the opportunities for rational public goals achievement are on the decrease. The role of administration changes as a consequence. The necessity to control over the policy process and to influence with the policy communities is added to its expert function to look for rationality. Finding the balance between the rational decision and the public support for its implementation becomes the main challenge to the contemporary public administration.

  • Issue Year: 9/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 4-23
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Bulgarian