A Content Analysis of Public Policy Design and Implementation in Slovenia: Weighing Strategic and Normative Factors

Žiga Kotnik, Dalibor Stanimirović

Abstract


Policy processes are complex systems and require an in-depth and comprehensive analysis. Especially, factors that affect public policy design and implementation, as two important stages of the public policy cycle, have not been sufficiently explored. The aim of the paper is to analyze the relationship between two critical factors that influence the design and implementation of public policies in the case of Slovenia, namely strategic factors and normative factors, and offer a basis for comparison with similar countries.

Based on twenty-two structured interviews with prominent public policy experts in Slovenia and content analysis of the responses, the findings reveal that, although strategic factors are identified by the interviewees as the most critical, the role of normative factors is also important and should not be underestimated. For various reasons, in practice, normative factors often turn out to be crucial.


Keywords


regulation; public administration; content analysis; structured interviews.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/tras.64E.4 Creative Commons License
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