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To what extent is the policy process in Britain open and democratic?
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The purpose of this essay is to answer the question: "To what extent is the policy process in Britain open and democratic?" In order to accomplish this, the terms 'democracy' and policy' will be defined, a brief overview of the policy process will be given, and groups who influence the policy process will be identified and their role within it examined. 'The function of democracy is, fundamentally, to ensure the diffusion of power by stipulating that each citizen has the ability to influence the outcome of political decision-making'. (Fierlbeck K, 1998: page 51) In defining public, as opposed to private policy, it can be said simply that public policy is that which is determined by the state or at least by one of its organs. Public policy is that which has been deemed to be the concern of the state in general, so that governments are entitled to make decisions about it;...
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