ABSTRACT
Changes in structure and process patterns are, like changes in personnel, input, and output, a major way to improve a policymaking system. There is an extremely large number of changes in structure and process patterns that might be feasible and beneficial, from minor changes in subcomponents to radical redesign of the entire system. Some of the changes that are needed I have already pointed out in earlier discussions of the policymaking system, especially in Chapter 15. Others can easily be deduced from comparing actual policymaking with the optimal model. The contemporary literature of public administration and political science also discusses various reforms that would partly meet the requirements for optimal policymaking I developed in Part IV.
