policy makers
Those drafting regulations
Policy makers are people who establish official guidelines, rules, or courses of action—typically in government, but also in large organizations.
The term usually refers to legislators, regulators, and senior officials who shape law and public policy: Policy makers are debating new climate regulations.
Often spelled as one word: policymakers.
- public servantsGovernment-employed workers
- parliamentariansLegislative body members
- legislatorsElected law-making officials
- Capitol HillCongressional district and synecdoche
- technocratsExpert-led administrators
regional leaders · lawmakers · diplomats · wonks · authorities · think tanks · ivory tower · strategists · governors · officials · executive · heads of state · cabinet members · elected officials · politician · smoke-filled rooms · behind closed doors · hearings
- expertsexperts, expert, specialist, masters, specialists
- Statesmenstatesmen, Benjamin Franklin, politicians, Thomas Jefferson, ministers
- WhitehallDowning Street, Number 10, civil servants, ministers, Home Office
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- educatorseducator, teacher, teachers, professor, instructor
- eliteselites, plutocrats, oligarchs, aristocrats, blue bloods
policy makerscitizens
Members of a nation
constituents · the public · ordinary people · subjects · taxpayers
policy makersenforcers
Those who impose obedience
bureaucrats · administrators · regulators · civil servants · foot soldiers
policy makersgrassroots activists
Community-based political advocates
community organizers · protesters · dissidents · lobbyists · advocacy groups