Assessing policy divergence: How to investigate the differences between a law and a corresponding regulation

Public Administration

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 159-176

  Carter, David P ^a   Weible, Christopher M ^a   Siddiki, Saba N ^c   Brett, John ^b   Chonaiew, Sara Miller ^c  

^a Penn State Harrisburg   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD POLICY; LEGAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924269076     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/padm.12120     Document Type: Article

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