The thesis examines the applicability of the policy networks concept on a selected policy problem while using key elements of policy networks, defined as the problem, actors, resources, relationship, boundaries, and network structure. The chosen policy problem tackles the understanding of the public good. The fear of possible privatization of water utilities has prompted the state and non-state actors to make a change in the form of 70.a amendment to the Constitution (right to drinking water). The so-called right to drinking water amendment indicates that the policy problem falls within the scope of environmental protection policy. In this policy domain, non-state actors are believed to play a very active role in the policy formation process (Perrez, 2009, str. 8). In the empirical part of the thesis, the analysis of policy network is performed. Within this analysis, we tried to determine who the main actors were and how the resources of non-state actors influenced the relevance of the latter in the scrutinized policy network. We concluded that the state actors are the main actors in the policy network due to their network management roles and their monopoly in the decision-making process (Fink Hafner, 2007, str. 18). We also find out that the resources, which non-state actors applied (or could have applied) in the policy network, influence their relevance in the examined policy network.
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