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The nature of knowledge and language in the legislative arena
Author(s) -
Zajano Nancy C.,
Lochtefeld Shan S.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.1129
Subject(s) - legislature , state (computer science) , knowledge level , political science , public relations , psychology , computer science , law , mathematics education , algorithm
The fact that state legislators belong to an oral culture affects the evaluation reports written for them. The culture affects both the nature of the knowledge generated for legislators' use and the nature of the language used to describe that knowledge.