| Although administrative policymaking is a pervasive activity in government and usually acknowledged in the literature, it rarely is examined in any depth. An institutional model of policymaking is developed which explains the policy role played by administrative agencies. A corresponding constituent model of administrative policymaking, based on an expanded understanding of Lowi's policy typology, is also developed which directs attention given to the concept of constituent policy and its interaction with the other "substantive" policy types. Administrative policymaking is argued to be the necessary result of the interaction between constituent and substantive policy. The primary hypothesis of the constituent model is that the nature of this interaction, and therefore the style of administrative policymaking embraced by different agencies, varies according to policy type.;The relationship between constituent policy and traditional elements of public management are explored, as well as the relationship between constituent policy, administrative rulemaking and regulatory review. This review suggests that regulatory management be considered an additional area of public management. Data on the executive oversight of administrative rulemaking in Arizona is used to test several hypotheses on the interaction between constituent and substantive policy, operationalized here as the interaction between the review council and the agencies. The findings support the primary hypothesis of the model and aid in understanding administrative policymaking. The model has a number of implications for the study of public policy, management, and administration. |
