ABSTRACT
The optimal model includes three major stages, metapolicymaking, policymaking, and post-policymaking, which are closely interconnected by communication and feedback channels. I break these stages down into 18 phases. The metapolicymaking stage includes seven phases:
Processing values.
Processing reality.
Processing problems.
Surveying, processing, and developing resources.
Designing, evaluating, and redesigning the policymaking system.
Allocating problems, values, and resources.
Determining policymaking strategy.
