INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF TARGET GROUPS ON THE CREATION OF PUBLIC POLICIES AND THEIR DYNAMICS BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF WAR VETERANS IN CROATIA Cover Image

UTJECAJ DRUŠTVENIH KONSTRUKCIJA CILJNIH SKUPINA NA KREIRANJE JAVNIH POLITIKA I NJIHOVA DINAMIKA NA PRIMJERU BRANITELJSKE POPULACIJE U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ
INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF TARGET GROUPS ON THE CREATION OF PUBLIC POLICIES AND THEIR DYNAMICS BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF WAR VETERANS IN CROATIA

Author(s): Ana Hećimović
Subject(s): Public Administration, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: social constructivism; public policies; target groups; war veteran population;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the influence of social constructions of target groups on the creation and dynamics of public policies. Special emphasis is on unequal distribution of benefits and obligations among different groups. In the first part of the paper, elaborating on the process of making public policies, we interpret Anne Schneider i Helen Ingram's constructivist understanding of the target groups. In the second part, we make a detailed description of the process of social construction process of the target group in focus, followed by the analysis of sources of power they possess.

  • Issue Year: 3/2017
  • Issue No: 5-6
  • Page Range: 117-141
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Croatian