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DESCRIPTION:Saba Siddiki of Syracuse University will present at the Decembe
 r Institutional Grammar Research Initiative (IGRI) virtual research semina
 r.Abstract:&nbsp\;Policy process scholars have exhibited a long-standing i
 nterest in policy evolution\, but relatively underattended to in extant li
 terature on this topic is assessment of how policy language changes over t
 ime. Evaluating policy evolution through analyses of changes in policy lan
 guage lends understanding regarding the substantive aspects of policies th
 at are adjusted over time. In this paper\, we analyze changes in the text 
 of net metering legislation in four U.S. states. To do this\, we leverage 
 Ostrom’s Rule Types and the Institutional Grammar to operationalize micro-
 level policy change. More specifically\, this paper takes a comparative ca
 se study approach to examine: (1) how can micro-level policy design featur
 es be systematically operationalized across cases and time periods\, and (
 2) are there common patterns in the types of rule configurations and synta
 ctic components of legislative texts that change over time (i.e.\, are sub
 stituted\, added or removed). Our study offers an operationalization of co
 mmon policy evolution dynamics (layering\, packaging\, and patching) at th
 e micro-level. We also show how these dynamics can be observed differentia
 lly at different levels of analysis and suggest measurement should match t
 he scholar’s or practitioner’s question. (Co-authored with Graham Ambrose\
 , Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski\, and Nicholas Oesterling)
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SUMMARY:Understanding Policy Evolution Using the Institutional Grammar
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Saba Siddiki of Syracuse University will pr
 esent at the December Institutional Grammar Research Initiative (IGRI) vir
 tual research seminar.</p><p>Abstract:&nbsp\;</p><p>Policy process scholar
 s have exhibited a long-standing interest in policy evolution\, but relati
 vely underattended to in extant literature on this topic is assessment of 
 how policy language changes over time. Evaluating policy evolution through
  analyses of changes in policy language lends understanding regarding the 
 substantive aspects of policies that are adjusted over time. In this paper
 \, we analyze changes in the text of net metering legislation in four U.S.
  states. </p><p>To do this\, we leverage Ostrom’s Rule Types and the Insti
 tutional Grammar to operationalize micro-level policy change. More specifi
 cally\, this paper takes a comparative case study approach to examine: (1)
  how can micro-level policy design features be systematically operationali
 zed across cases and time periods\, and (2) are there common patterns in t
 he types of rule configurations and syntactic components of legislative te
 xts that change over time (i.e.\, are substituted\, added or removed). </p
 ><p>Our study offers an operationalization of common policy evolution dyna
 mics (layering\, packaging\, and patching) at the micro-level. We also sho
 w how these dynamics can be observed differentially at different levels of
  analysis and suggest measurement should match the scholar’s or practition
 er’s question. </p><p>(Co-authored with Graham Ambrose\, Myriam Gregoire-Z
 awilski\, and Nicholas Oesterling)</p>
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