DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2016.v04i09.012

Pages: 1048-1051

Many of the models and concepts used in discussing public policy have been developed in Northern countries. Earlier policy makers were in a view that dominant models of public policy in the North can be applicable for the developing countries too. Latter, some of critiques emerged by questioning the validity of such concepts for analyzing Sothern contexts. By critically examining the key components of the dominant policy models, this study shows the fact that western concept on public policy can be highly variable in the southern contexts. Study also emphases the need of an applied theory for analyzing ground realities of public policy making in developing countries, rather than restrict into an idealistic model.