With the different classificatory schemes in mind, examine two different policies from the Department of Health and Human Services. After examining each policy, try to classify the policy according to each of the following dimensions:
- Substantive or procedural;
- Distributive, regulatory, self-regulatory, or redistributive
- Material or symbolic;
- Collective or private goods.
What was it about the policy that caused you to classify it in the manner that you did?
As you decided on a classification, could you envision another researcher placing the policy in a different category?
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