Introduction: the political story of policy precision -- The puzzle of statute specificity -- Perspectives of policy-making elites -- Policy specificity in a high-salience context: mental health parity -- Policy specificity in a low-salience context: individual development accounts -- Fragmentation and policy specificity in California legislation -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Coding scheme for mental health parity (Chapter 4) -- Appendix B. Coding scheme for individual development accounts (Chapter 5) -- Appendix C. Coding scheme for California bills (Chapter 6) -- Appendix D. California bills by code selection -- Appendix E. split salience models (Chapter 6) -- Appendix F. Interview protocol (Chapter 3) -- Appendix G. Bills considered
Summary
"Seeks to explain the causes of ambiguously worded state legislation"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index
