noun
policy-making process
Refers to the entire sequence of steps through which policies are formulated, debated, and adopted, often in governmental or organizational contexts.
政策決定過程の透明性が求められている。
Transparency in the policy-making process is being demanded.
この法案は複雑な政策決定過程を経て成立した。
This bill was enacted after going through a complex policy-making process.
Compound of 政策 (policy), 決定 (decision), and 過程 (process). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese construction commonly used in political and administrative contexts.