Public policy is what politics is all about. Substantiate.

[Taylor]

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[PUB AD- Answer writing]

.Public policy is whatever government chooses to do and chooses not to do. The guiding light for the public policy resides into the politics of the state which is nothing but struggle for power. This proposition has been described in Game theory model where  the whole policy formulation process has been described as nothing but a political bargain and negotiation in between multiple groups. The final policy is a compromised version depending upon the clout enjoyed by different political groups.

Prismatic society like India has features such as poly-normativism, formalism, heterogeneity etc. These features leads to formation of CLECT which acts as pressure groups..Since policy conceptualization stage, these pressure groups (caste, religious groups etc) assert their demands on to the administration . Lately such demands are reflected into various national. The reservation policies of states, industrial policies, foreign policy of India etc are governed by several local and national group's interests.  

In diffracted societies(like US) as well, policy making  involves process such as political lobbying among various groups. Some experts have seen breakthrough in Indo-US nuclear talks as an outcome of political lobbying among American bureauractic circle.

Moreover, international  policies (relating to trade, banking reforms etc) by multilateral organizations such as WTO, IMF, UN etc are also an outcome of compromises reached through political process between groups like developed and developing countries. 

Thus, overall we can say that PUBLIC POLICY by administration is by product of political process at national, supra national and sub national level. 

 

[McGregor]

Public policy is authoritative decisional output of government's politico administrative system. 

Public Policy and Politics

As per group theory policy making is a sea saw model wherein there is political struggle to draw maximum possible benefits for their respective groups. For e.g. industrial lobbies, social lobies such as farmers, labours etc seek to maximize their benefits through political pulls and pressures. 

In Prismatic society like India, there is polyfunctionalism, overlapping and heterogeneity which leads to CLECT formation. Such clects are based upon primordial values such as religion, region, caste, linguistic groups etc. These CLECTS tries to bargain with the the policy maker politically to maximize their share in outcomes for e.g. budgetary allocation or reservation policyc being challenged by JATS

In differacted society too there is intense lobbying among multiple stakeholders who involve themselves with the politics of the country whereby they can have favourable policies. 

Lastly, international policies such as Paris Climate deal, Sendai framework for disaster management, Sustainable development goals etc too a process of intense political give and take . 

Thus, policy maing is an outcome of politics. 

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