Error-Prone Decision and Their Centrifugal Predicaments:An Analysis of Anti-AIDS Policy-Making Process in Taiwan
Resource
政治科學論叢, 7, 157-185
Journal
政治科學論叢
Journal Issue
7
Pages
157-185
Date Issued
1996-06
Date
1996-06
Author(s)
Lin, S.P.
Wang, C.P.
Abstract
The first purpose of this paper is to discuss that the real cause of bad policy is resulted from error-prone policy-making processes. This discussion is to remind practitioners and policy students that policy itself is not the root cause of policy failure but its inappropriate making processes. However, policy perspective formed by policy environment, policy networks and past experiences constrains the whole policymaking processes and leads to bad policy. According to this reflection and understanding, the paper furtherly addresses the error-prone Anti-AIDS policy-making in Taiwan and points out its errors and predicaments. The predicaments of Anti-AIDS policy-making in Taiwan - the centrifugalization of policy stakeholders - need to be attacked. Their attacking strategies to transform policy perspective and mitigate the degree of centrifugalization are also designed in this paper.
Type
journal article