- What policy is being profiled, and what are its main directives?
- What problem does the policy address, and what historical currents influenced its design? (After the 1984 Bhopal disaster, for example, the new affordability of computers alongside all the talk of "opening up" Eastern Europe, was visible in the design of post-Bhopal legislation -- which prioritized transparency and reporting as the best solution to catastrophic industrial risk.)
- What scientific studies and types of experts influenced the policy design?
- Who have been stakeholders in this policy at different times, and how have they been positioned? (Consider, for example, all the stakeholders in Obama's Clean Power Plan).
- What impacts of the policy have been documented, and how have these been evaluated?
- What alternative policy designs been proposed as best ways to address the problem at hand?
- How has the policy been covered (or not) by mainstream media, trade publications and academic researchers?
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