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The devil is in the details : understanding the causes of policy specificity and ambiguity / Rachel VanSickle-Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- VanSickle-Ward, Rachel, 1977-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislation--United States.
- Legislation.
- Public policy (Law)--United States.
- Public policy (Law).
- United States.
- Legislative bodies--United States--States.
- Legislative bodies.
- Legislative bodies--U.S. states.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 229 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- "Seeks to explain the causes of ambiguously worded state legislation"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Political Story of Policy Precision 1
- Chapter 2 The Puzzle of Statute Specificity 13
- Chapter 3 Perspectives of Policy-Making Elites 45
- Chapter 4 Policy Specificity in a High-Salience Context: Mental Health Parity 81
- Chapter 5 Policy Specificity in a Low-Salience Context: Individual Development Accounts 101
- Chapter 6 Fragmentation and Policy Specificity in California Legislation 121
- Chapter 7 Conclusion 149.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438449234
- 1438449232
- OCLC:
- 841187508
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