TECHNOCRATIC

DECISION MAKING

POLITICIZED

DECISION MAKING

GOALS

basic policy goals are shared among key actors

basic policy goals are contested among key actors

MEANS

means for achieving policy goals involve scientific/rational methods

means for achieving policy goals involve basic political choices

ISSUE LINKAGES

issues are dealt with in compartmentalized policy arenas

issues are dealt with in interconnected policy arenas

ELITIST

PARTICIPATORY

NUMBER

small number of social groups

mobilized politically

large number of social groups

mobilized politically

BOUNDARIES

boundary rules for participation are elite determined

boundary rules for participation are contested

GROUP PRESSURES

decision makers are insulated from group pressures

decision makers are vulnerable to group pressures