Public Policymaking by Private Organizations: Challenges to Demo

Public Policymaking by Private OrganizationsChallenges to Democratic Governance\nAuthor(s): Catherine E. Rudder, A. Lee Fritschler, Yon Jung Choi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Brookings Institution\nISBN-13: 9780815728986, 978-0815728986\nSynopsis\nHow private groups increasingly set public policy and regulate lives?with little public knowledge or attention.\n\nFrom accrediting doctors and lawyers to setting industry and professional standards, private groups establish many of the public policies in todays advanced societies. Yet this important role of nongovernmental groups is largely ignored by those who study, teach, or report on public policy issues. Public Policymaking by Private Organizations sheds light on policymaking by private groups, which are not accountable to the general public or, often, even to governments.\n\nThis book brings to life the hidden world of policymaking by providing an overview of this phenomenon and in.