Sentence:  The efforts of various interest groups to control or influence governmental decisions , particularly when taken in conjunction with the impact of industrialization , led to a concentration of attention on the legislative power and the means whereby policy could be <WSD>formulated</WSD> and enforced as law through bureaucratic institutions . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort