0 the activity of deciding on new policies, especially by a government or political party
1 the activity of deciding new policies for a government, political party, etc.:
Chapter five is again a rather theoretical one because the author deals with different types of policy and policy-making, policy analysis and electoral systems.
Economic policy-making is indeed the subject of this book, but it does not really cover the period 1964-2000.
During the 1980s, the new government tried to manage the economy independently of outside influences, and policy-making was dominated by domestic pressures.
This gain is not present where the administering authority has no policy-making power.
The privy council continues to be regarded as the main, corporate, advisory body and extra-conciliar counsel as antipathetical to the ' normal ' process of policy-making.
Therefore, a division of competences persists in which the federal government is primarily responsible for policy-making, while state governments are primarily responsible for policy implementation.
At the same time, the federal government is unlikely to abandon its role in policy-making.
In the 1990s economic policy-making has been largely reactive : either to crises, like drought, or to donor pressure.
