Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The scope of cultural policy
- 3 The policy process
- 4 Arts policy
- 5 Cultural industries
- 6 Cultural heritage
- 7 Culture in urban and regional development
- 8 Tourism
- 9 Culture in the international economy
- 10 Cultural diversity
- 11 Arts education
- 12 Culture in economic development
- 13 Intellectual property
- 14 Cultural statistics
- 15 Conclusions
- References
- Name index
- Subject index
3 - The policy process
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The scope of cultural policy
- 3 The policy process
- 4 Arts policy
- 5 Cultural industries
- 6 Cultural heritage
- 7 Culture in urban and regional development
- 8 Tourism
- 9 Culture in the international economy
- 10 Cultural diversity
- 11 Arts education
- 12 Culture in economic development
- 13 Intellectual property
- 14 Cultural statistics
- 15 Conclusions
- References
- Name index
- Subject index
Summary
Sir Humphrey Appleby: This country is governed by ministers making decisions from the alternative proposals which we [civil servants] offer them. If they had all the facts, they would see many other possibilities, some of which would not be in the public interest … So long as we formulate the proposals, we can guide them towards a correct decision … In order to guide the Minister towards the common ground, key words should be inserted with a proposal to make it attractive. Ministers will generally accept proposals which contain the words simple, quick, popular and cheap. Ministers will generally throw out proposals which contain the words complicated, lengthy, expensive, and controversial. Above all, if you wish to describe a proposal in a way that guarantees that a Minister will reject it, describe it as courageous.
(Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay, Yes Minister, 1984)Introduction
There are standard approaches to systematising the policy process in any area of public administration that are well understood in theoretical terms and widely adopted in practice, at all levels of government from local to national. The sequence of stages can be summarised as the following six steps:
specification of objectives of policy agendas, strategies or measures;
allocation of responsibilities to the appropriate areas of the administrative machinery;
policy coordination between areas of administration in pursuit of ‘whole-of-government’ or ‘joined-up-government’ efficiency standards;
choice of the policy instrument or instruments best fitted to achieve the desired outcomes;
implementation of policy measures; and
monitoring and evaluation of the effects of policy action, and feedback to inform future policy development.
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- The Economics of Cultural Policy , pp. 32 - 57Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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