The daily life of ordinary people, regardless of the country or the type of government, always involves people in the policy of the state. These will involve participants who will be responsible for policy-making, those affected, and those who support or oppose it.
Public policy guides activities, actions, legislation, and enforcement of laws, or government decisions. These decisions and predetermined decisions are made by the government to guide various activities or actions. This is to achieve the established goals through planning, project development, and operational processes that achieve the objectives through correct and appropriate operational methods that are consistent with the real situation and the needs of the people in each area.
Public policy is an activity that governments can choose to do or not do (Dye, 2016). The part that governments choose to do covers all the activities of government, both routine and occasional. The objective is to ensure that the activities chosen by the government achieve their goals in providing services to members of society. However, the part that the government chooses not to do is considered a key part of the policy, because the government has already chosen not to do it.
The political process can examine the outcomes of policies that result from the political system, and can assess the impact of policies on society, both anticipated and unintended. For this reason, political processes are important for policy making in predicting the impact of policies on society.