Table 1
Text- and high-level concepts for 55 public policies in Colorado Oil and Gas governance.
| Institutional grammar concept definitions1 | Number of text-level concepts in the thesaurus | Number of high-level concepts in the thesaurus | Frequency of extracted word(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attribute: The “who” targeted by the public policies | 233 attributes | 54 actors | 8843 actors |
| Object: The “what” targeted by the public policies | 289 objects | 8 issues | 20767 issues |
| Aim: The “actions” stipulated by the public policies | 248 aims | 8 rules | 31178 rules |
| Deontics: The “imperatives” specified by the public policies | 20 deontics | 3 deontics | 11501 deontics |
| Totals | 790 text-level classifications | 73 high-level classifications | 72,289 extractions of words |
[i] 1 The “Attribute”, “Aim”, and “Deontics” concepts are adapted from Crawford and Ostrom’s (1995); the “Objects” concept is adapted from Siddiki et al. (2011). See Appendix for further descriptions.
Figure 1
Cumulative Distribution of Word Counts and Policies per Year by Policymaking Venues for Colorado Oil and Gas Governance System (2007–2019).
Figure 2
Cumulative Frequencies in Rules, Issues, Deontics, and Actors by Policymaking Venues.
Figure 3
Policymaking Venues Overlapping via Rules, Issues, Deontics, and Actors.