The devil is in the details
Subtitle: understanding the causes of policy specificity and ambiguity
By: Rachel VanSickle-Ward
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Albany, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781438449234
Subjects: Legislation; Public policy (Law); Legislative bodies; States
Description: "Seeks to explain the causes of ambiguously worded state legislation"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the political story of policy precision; title: The puzzle of statute specificity; title: Perspectives of policy-making elites; title: Policy specificity in a high-salience context: mental health parity; title: Policy specificity in a low-salience context: individual development accounts; title: Fragmentation and policy specificity in California legislation; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix A. Coding scheme for mental health parity (Chapter 4); title: Appendix B. Coding scheme for individual development accounts (Chapter 5); title: Appendix C. Coding scheme for California bills (Chapter 6); title: Appendix D. California bills by code selection; title: Appendix E. split salience models (Chapter 6); title: Appendix F. Interview protocol (Chapter 3); title: Appendix G. Bills considered.