Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States (Studies in Postwar American Political Development)

by Leah Cardamore Stokes

Second, I argue that implementation is a key step in policy feedback. Examining policy changes over long periods, we can see that ambiguity shrinks after implementation. As actors learn, they update their beliefs and come to attack policies they previously ignored or underestimated.