ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY:
       problems of `public interest' definition and policy
                         implementation
                                
                         Dr. John Wilton
                     University of Plymouth
                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
*    THE CONCEPT OF `PUBLIC    INTEREST'
*    PROBLEMS IN CREATING CONSENSUS IN SOCIETIES
*    SOURCES AND ORIGINS OF PUBLIC      POLICY
*    PROCESSES OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
*    THE CONCEPT OF `PUBLIC    INTEREST'
  --    what do we mean by `public interest'?
--    how do we define `public interest'?
     *    moral public interest?
*    ethical public interest?
*    social public interest?
*    economic public interest?
                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
            *    THE CONCEPT OF `PUBLIC    INTEREST'
*    Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
                                
   --    the public interests of the individual           PLUS
                        the `common good'
                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
*    PROBLEMS IN CREATING CONSENSUS IN SOCIETIES
  --    the importance of government legitimacy
--    processes employed in creating consensus and legitimacy

                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
*    PROBLEMS IN CREATING CONSENSUS IN SOCIETIES
  --    formal (for instance, elections and referendums)
  
  --    informal (for instance, campaigns and protests)
                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
*    SOURCES AND ORIGINS OF PUBLIC  POLICY
  --    the `production' of public policy (how does it emerge?)
--    the range of societal and institutional sources of public
policy (the `policy arenas' in a liberal democracy)

                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
*    SOURCES AND ORIGINS OF PUBLIC  POLICY
                     *    The Policy Arenas
*    1. The Public Arena
*    2. National Parliaments/Assemblies
*    3. The Political Parties
*    4. The Bureaucracy (Ministries/Civil         Servants)
*    5.  Pressure and Interest Groups
*    6. The European Union
                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
*    PROCESSES OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
  --    the balancing of `public interests
--    arbitration between social forces
--    the role of institutions
--    a policy implementation framework?

                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
*    PROCESSES OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
  --     private interest versus `public interest'
  
  
  
                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
*    PROCESSES OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
                      *    Policy Networks
  --    industrial sector
--    education sector
--    health and social security sectors
--    environmental sector
  
  
                                
                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
                                
               PROCESSES OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
                                
                            Problems
       - issues relating to conflicts of `public interest'
                                
              - issues of rigidity and flexibility
                                
                                

  
                     ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY
*    PROCESSES OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
             *    A Policy Implementation Framework?
  --    1. Method
--    2. Strategy/Tactics
--    3. Objectives and `Milestones'
--    4. Patience and the `Long View'
--    5. Teams and Functions
--    6. Structures
--    7. A Set of Rules
                                
                    ISSUES IN PUBLIC POLICY:
       problems of `public interest' definition and policy
                         implementation
                                
                         Dr. John Wilton
                     University of Plymouth