Introduction
Policy formulation in every government should be an issue of integration since governments should at no time posses the full power to formulate, implement and monitor policies not unless it is directed to a specified locality. Policies affect various individuals and should thus be made integrated to avoid conflict of interest occurring between the formulators of policies and the locals at the ground. The issue is the conflict between the lobbyist and the special interest. The special groups have diverse interest of soliciting funds with a focus on their own interests and have a higher dependence on funding from others to facilitate their beneficial projects (Holyoke, 2011). The Lobbyists have a belief in presentation of their interests via their representatives. The leaders in this case are more pressure to deliver on behalf of the Lobbyists whose duty is creating influence by mobilizing their leaders.
Policies in this category of representation of interest are plaid along by the policy makers and the Lobbyists. The special groups are the conflict of interest and thus the effects of policies implemented by the authorities and either accepted or rejected by the Lobbyists. The Lobbyists and the authorities form the governance network as in a way they are mutually dependent on each other during policy formulation and implementation. The authority for instance may decide to formulate a policy to effect something of interest to the considered special groups. The authority for the sake of creating corporate governance will usually considered basing their policy implementation on the voices of the Lobbyists who at the time will examine their interests and state interests of the special groups are represented (Hirschland, 2006). The Lobbyists influence the whole process by intermingling between the special grouping and the policy makers. However, the special groups remain dormant in this process.
Academicians and Practitioners consider governance networks as modern governance formal device for effective delivery of service to the governed. Network theory is something that cannot be ignored when formulating and implementing policies aimed at developing a nation. Current international funding aimed at bailing developing countries from the havocs of financial problems influence the governance of nations which is thus transferred to the policy network. The special grouping and the Lobbyists in this case need to be contacted by governance on the grounds that the government should be democratic and thus should have the interest of the groups in society be taken care of during projects and policy formulation and implementation.
Democratic governance influences the network policies by facilitating their effective implementation and ways of formulation. Democratic governance mostly having its leadership group being elected in free and fair elections has the interests of their represented groups’ issues to their consent. Democratic governance in this sense develops the key premises of networks policies which include society information development, creation of postmodern cultural trends and globalization of the national economies (Vedres, 2012).
The general principles of organization are based on the logics of policy networks created by democratic governance. This is reflected in international instruments of networks which are also evident in the local networks of the society including the public domain. Networks have evidentially confirmed to be significant in public policies aimed at national development. Such developments and networks are successful only if the perpetration is integrated in its form and implementation (Hajer, 2003). In many modern societies the importance of the relationship between democratic governance and policy networks has not been realized thus preventing the spread of participatory process in formation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies.
References
Hajer, M. A., & Wagenaar, H. (2003). Deliberative policy analysis: Understanding governance in the network society. Cambridge (UK: Cambridge University Press.
Hirschland, M. J. (2006). Corporate social responsibility and the shaping of global public policy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Holyoke, T. T. (2011). Competitive interests: Competition and compromise in American interest group politics. Washington, D.C: Georgetown University Press.
Vedres, B., & Scotti, M. (2012). Networks in Social Policy Problems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
