# Policy drift

`kaal:entity:policy-drift`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `policy-drift`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2021 to 2024.

**2021**

- [3808852-036](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808852-036) [definitional/evidenced] -- Silent governmental decentralization occurs without explicit policy: unlike affirmative reform, it results from inevitable changes in policy emphasis, networks, and resource availability, and can lead inevitably to a more decentralized system.
  > While most political decentralization is based on policy changes and affirmative reform efforts, silent governmental decentralization may occur as a result of inevitable changes in policy emphasis, networks, and resource availability.21
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852

**2024**

- [4957318-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-025) [definitional/evidenced] -- Automatic adjustment mechanisms are pre established legislative components that let laws self update in response to changing circumstances, and their purpose is to counter policy drift, the divergence of policy from its original intent as conditions change.
  > By incorporating automatic adjustments, such as economic or social policy changes triggered by specific indicators, these mechanisms aim to address the issue of policy drift — the divergence of policy from its original intent due to changing conditions.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318

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