ABSTRACT
We now examine the facts presented in Chapter 9 regarding the process of the creation of the A.S.R.B. We have already suggested in Chapter 5 that the creation of regulatory bodies and their functions, such as that of the Board, falls in the arena of public policy processes. A similar view of policy making has been taken by Heclo (1972). He explained that:
Policy does not seem to be a self-defining phenomenon; it is an analytic category, the contents of which are identified by analyst rather than by the policy-maker or pieces of legislation or administration. … A policy may usefully be considered as a course of action or inaction rather than specific decisions or actions, and such a course has to be perceived and identified by the analyst in question (p. 85).
