Public Policy Formulation

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This paper examines the relationship between public opinion and policy formulation and shows that
public opinion generally leads policy formulation rather than the other way around. The paper includes comparison of policy formulation in the US, the UK, and in Canada.

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"The relationship between public opinion and policy formulation is a fundamental question in our understanding and evaluation of representational democracy. If a system is to qualify as democratic rule by the people then policy must have some positive relationship to public opinion embodying the will of the people in some concrete rather than purely abstract or symbolic way. Otherwise, democratic institutions would be mere window dressing. On the other hand, from at least the time of Edmund Burke in the..."

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