Narrative Politics in Public Policy: Legalizing Cannabis
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Dubiety -- Abstract -- 1 Facts, Goals, and Narratives -- 2 Cannabis Policy Discourse -- 3 All Words Lie -- 4 Weaponizing Dubiety -- 4.1 Electoral Dubiety -- 5 Political Pluralism -- References -- Chapter 2 Narrative as Meaning-Unit -- Abstract -- 1 Narrative and Its Component Parts -- 1.1 Ideographs -- 1.2 Groups and Narratives -- 1.3 Meaning Contextualized -- 2 Situating the Narrative Politics Model -- References -- Chapter 3 Narrative Subscription -- Abstract -- 1 Narrative Subscription as Identification -- 2 Context -- 3 Emotional Investment -- 4 Summary: Dynamics of Identification -- References -- Chapter 4 Narrative Evolution in Cannabis Policy Discourse -- Abstract -- 1 Evolution in Public Policy -- 2 Narrative Evolution in Cannabis Policy Discourse -- 2.1 Ascendant Narratives -- 2.1.1 Social Justice Narrative -- 2.1.2 Libertarian Narrative -- 2.1.3 Compassionate Use -- 3 Competition and Adaptation -- 3.1 Abstinence Fades -- Compassionate Use Ascends -- 3.1.1 Concern for Children in the Abstinence Narrative -- 3.2 Nativism Becomes Passé as the Social Justice Narrative Emphasizes Race -- 4 Evolution of Symbolic Associations -- 4.1 Curatorial Considerations -- 5 Attitudes Change -- References -- Chapter 5 Implementation -- Abstract -- 1 Enactment: Legalization by Direct Democracy -- 1.1 Implementation Delays -- 2 Continued Contestation Over Effects of Legalization -- 2.1 Psychosis -- 2.2 "Big Marijuana" -- 3 Regulatory and Managerial Narratives -- 4 Stories Regulators Tell -- 4.1 Matters of Concern to Cannabis Regulators -- 4.1.1 Compliance -- 4.1.2 Consumption Locations -- 4.1.3 Public Education and Research -- 4.1.4 Youth -- 4.1.5 Expenditures -- 4.1.6 Social Equity -- 4.1.7 Impaired Driving -- 4.2 Administrative Discretion -- References.