V Gray
Biographic Data
| ID | 4384863 |
|---|---|
| NAME | V Gray |
| GIVEN NAMES | V |
| FAMILY NAME | Gray |
| SIGNATURE | GRAY V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Incrementing Toward Nowhere: Universal Health Care Coverage in the States
Despite successful adoption of other health care reforms, the states collectively have been no more successful than the federal government in achieving universal coverage. Do the same forces stopping reform at the national level also restrict states? Are the incremental steps that states have taken toward coverage likely to lead to real reform? Analysis of state activity from 1988 to 2002 shows that where Democrats are in charge and where their a…
Understanding the Relationship between Health PACs and Health Lobbying in the American States
We examine how health PAC activity in the states is connected to lobbying. Is the political money that health interest organizations bring to the policy process a powerful, independent means of influence or is it better understood narrowly as a tactic used to support lobbying? We examine the relationship between campaign contributions and lobby activity and the limited work that has been conducted on them and raise a number of questions about the…
United States
Where Do Policy Ideas Come From? A Study of Minnesota Legislators and Staffers
In this article we will examine the origin of policy ideas in a state legislature. Using data from a survey of Minnesota legislators and from a survey of staffers, we compare the sources of information used in each of three stages of the policy process: problem identification, policy formulation, and enactment. We compare the importance of traditional sources to the influence of think tanks, foundations, and newspaper editorials. We find that leg…
The Density of State Interest-Communities: Do Regional Variables Matter
Journal Article The Density of State Interest-Communities: Do Regional Variables Matter? Get access Virginia Gray, Virginia Gray University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar David Lowery David Lowery University of North CarolinaChapel Hill Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 28, Issue 2, Spring 1998, Pages 61–79, htt…
Where Do Policy Ideas Come From? A Study of Minnesota Legislators and Staffers
In this article we will examine the origin of policy ideas in a state legislature. Using data from a survey of Minnesota legislators and from a survey of staffers, we compare the sources of information used in each of three stages of the policy process: problem identification, policy formulation, and enactment. We compare the importance of traditional sources to the influence of think tanks, foundations, and newspaper editorials. We find that leg…
Incrementing Toward Nowhere: Universal Health Care Coverage in the States
Despite successful adoption of other health care reforms, the states collectively have been no more successful than the federal government in achieving universal coverage. Do the same forces stopping reform at the national level also restrict states? Are the incremental steps that states have taken toward coverage likely to lead to real reform? Analysis of state activity from 1988 to 2002 shows that where Democrats are in charge and where their a…
Understanding the Relationship between Health PACs and Health Lobbying in the American States
We examine how health PAC activity in the states is connected to lobbying. Is the political money that health interest organizations bring to the policy process a powerful, independent means of influence or is it better understood narrowly as a tactic used to support lobbying? We examine the relationship between campaign contributions and lobby activity and the limited work that has been conducted on them and raise a number of questions about the…
The Density of State Interest-Communities: Do Regional Variables Matter
Journal Article The Density of State Interest-Communities: Do Regional Variables Matter? Get access Virginia Gray, Virginia Gray University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar David Lowery David Lowery University of North CarolinaChapel Hill Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 28, Issue 2, Spring 1998, Pages 61–79, htt…
The Density of State Interest-Communities: Do Regional Variables Matter
Journal Article The Density of State Interest-Communities: Do Regional Variables Matter? Get access Virginia Gray, Virginia Gray University of Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar David Lowery David Lowery University of North CarolinaChapel Hill Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 28, Issue 2, Spring 1998, Pages 61–79, htt…
United States
Where Do Policy Ideas Come From? A Study of Minnesota Legislators and Staffers
In this article we will examine the origin of policy ideas in a state legislature. Using data from a survey of Minnesota legislators and from a survey of staffers, we compare the sources of information used in each of three stages of the policy process: problem identification, policy formulation, and enactment. We compare the importance of traditional sources to the influence of think tanks, foundations, and newspaper editorials. We find that leg…
Understanding the Relationship between Health PACs and Health Lobbying in the American States
We examine how health PAC activity in the states is connected to lobbying. Is the political money that health interest organizations bring to the policy process a powerful, independent means of influence or is it better understood narrowly as a tactic used to support lobbying? We examine the relationship between campaign contributions and lobby activity and the limited work that has been conducted on them and raise a number of questions about the…
Incrementing Toward Nowhere: Universal Health Care Coverage in the States
Despite successful adoption of other health care reforms, the states collectively have been no more successful than the federal government in achieving universal coverage. Do the same forces stopping reform at the national level also restrict states? Are the incremental steps that states have taken toward coverage likely to lead to real reform? Analysis of state activity from 1988 to 2002 shows that where Democrats are in charge and where their a…
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