Review of Policy Research

1981 - 2025

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Volume 29, issue 6, 2012

Introduction to the Special Issue of the Review of Policy Research: Innovation, Innovation Policy, and Social Inclusion in Developing Countries pp. 669-671

Isabel Bortagaray and Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros

Fostering Quality of Life through Social Innovation: A Living Lab Methodology Study Case pp. 672-692

Mónica Edwards-Schachter, Cristian E. Matti and Enrique Alcántara

Functions of the Intermediary Organizations for Agricultural Innovation in M exico: The C hiapas Produce Foundation pp. 693-712

Gabriela Dutrénit, Alma Rocha-Lackiz and Alexandre O. Vera-Cruz

Bridging Access to Electricity Through BOP Markets: Between Economic Equations and Political Configurations pp. 713-732

Céline Cholez, Pascale Trompette, Dominique Vinck and Thomas Reverdy

The Socio-Technical Alliance: Bringing New Tools to the Design of Policies Aimed to Promote Social Inclusion pp. 733-751

Santiago Garrido and Alberto Lalouf

Engineering Small Worlds in a Big Society: Assessing the Early Impacts of Nanotechnology in C hina pp. 752-775

Evgeny A. Klochikhin and Philip Shapira

Building Bridges: Social Inclusion Problems as Research and Innovation Issues pp. 776-796

Santiago Alzugaray, Leticia Mederos and Judith Sutz

Plato's Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 208 pages. ISBN 9780262015905, $27.95 cloth. William Ophuls, 2011 pp. 797-798

Paul Wapner

Managing Institutional Complexity: Regime Interplay and Global Environmental Change. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ix + 353 pp. ISBN 9780262516242, $27 paper. edited by Sebastian Oberthür and Olav Schram Stokke (Eds.), 2011 pp. 799-800

Sikina Jinnah

Volume 29, issue 5, 2012

An Assessment of the Impact that Participation in Local Climate Networks Has on Cities’ Implementation of Climate, Energy, and Transportation Policies pp. 585-604

Rachel M. Krause

Building Green: Local Political Leadership Addressing Climate Change pp. 605-624

Taedong Lee and Chris Koski

Cognizance and Consultation of Randomized Controlled Trials among Ministerial Policy Analysts pp. 625-644

Pierre-Olivier Bédard and Mathieu Ouimet

Nonpunctuated and Sweeping Policy Change: B hutan Tobacco Policy Making from 1991 to 2009 pp. 645-660

Michael Givel

Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. xiii + 362 pages. ISBN 9780262134972, $29.95 cloth. David Mindell. 2008 pp. 661-662

David Bruggeman

Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning and Management. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 368 pages. ISBN 9780262516211, $27.00 paper. by Richard D. Margerum. 2011 pp. 663-665

Lawrence Susskind

Carbon Coalitions: Business, Climate Politics, and the Rise of Emissions Trading. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 240 pages. ISBN 9780262516334, $22.00 paper. by Jonas Meckling. 2011 pp. 665-667

Matthew Hoffmann

Volume 29, issue 4, 2012

The Role of Experts in the European Union's Research Policy pp. 449-466

Merli Tamtik and Creso M. Sá

Biofuel Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of the Early Legal and Institutional Framework in Zambia pp. 467-491

Laura A. German and George Schoneveld

The Role of Policy Brokers: The Case of Biotechnology in Kenya pp. 492-522

Ann N. Kingiri and Andrew Hall

Greening Constitutions with Environmental Rights: Testing the Isomorphism Thesis pp. 523-543

Joshua Gellers

Measuring State Environmental Policy pp. 544-569

David M. Konisky and Neal D. Woods

The Shale Gas Revolution: U.S. and EU Policy and Research Agendas pp. 570-576

Tim Boersma and Corey Johnson

The Politics of Science Advice: Institutional Design for Quality Assurance – By Justus Lentsch and Peter Weingart pp. 577-579

Raffael Himmelsbach

Climate Change and National Security: A Country-Level Analysis – Edited by Daniel Moran. Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map – By Cleo Paskal. Security and the Environment: Securitization Theory and US Environmental Security Policy – By Rita Paskal pp. 579-584

Michael M. Gunter

Volume 29, issue 3, 2012

Editor's Notes pp. 319-321

Christopher Gore

Comparative Climate Change Policy and Federalism: An Overview pp. 322-333

Douglas M. Brown

Public Attitudes toward Climate Science and Climate Policy in Federal Systems: Canada and the United States Compared pp. 334-357

Erick Lachapelle, Christopher P. Borick and Barry Rabe

Carbon Taxation and Policy Labeling: Experience from American States and Canadian Provinces pp. 358-382

Barry G. Rabe and Christopher P. Borick

A Tale of Two Taxes: The Fate of Environmental Tax Reform in Canada pp. 383-407

Kathryn Harrison

Mind the (Mobilization) Gap: Comparing Climate Activism in the United States and European Union pp. 408-430

Elizabeth Bomberg

STAR METRICS and the Science of Science Policy pp. 431-438

Mark A. Largent and Julia Lane

Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City – By Andrew Ross pp. 439-440

Daniel B. Higgins

Renewable Energy and the Public: From NIMBY to Participation – By Patrick Devine-Wright pp. 440-442

Sharlissa Moore

Transnational Environmental Governance: The Emergence and Effects of the Certification of Forests and Fisheries – By Lars H. Gulbrandsen pp. 442-444

Magnus Boström

Climate Governance at the Crossroads: Experimenting with a Global Response after Kyoto – By Matthew J. Hoffmann pp. 444-446

Harriet Bulkeley

Food Justice – By Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi pp. 446-448

Jennifer Clapp

Volume 29, issue 2, 2012

Editor's Notes pp. 173-175

Christopher Gore

The Politics of “Fracking”: Regulating Natural Gas Drilling Practices in Colorado and Texas pp. 177-191

Charles Davis

Policy Tool Interactions and the Adoption of State Renewable Portfolio Standards pp. 193-206

Hongtao Yi and Richard C. Feiock

Preferences, Knowledge, and Citizen Probability Assessments of the Terrorism Risk of Nuclear Power pp. 207-227

Quan Li, Matthew Fuhrmann, Bryan R. Early and Arnold Vedlitz

Benefits, Challenges, and Enabling Conditions of Collective Action to Promote Sustainable Production and Marketing of Products from Africa's Dry Forests pp. 229-250

Fiona Paumgarten, Habtemariam Kassa, Mathurin Zida and Moira Moeliono

Changing the Tobacco Use Management System: Blending Systems Thinking with Actor–Network Theory pp. 251-279

David Young, Ron Borland and Ken Coghill

Focal Points in Public Policy: Evidence from Voluntary Regulation pp. 281-299

Andrew B. Whitford and Justin A. Tucker

A Clean Energy Standard: Experience from the States pp. 301-307

Sanya Carley

Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution: Social Struggles in the Transition to a Post‐Petrol World – By Kolya Abramsky pp. 309-311

Elisabeth A. Graffy

The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal – By Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu pp. 311-312

Fabrice Lehoucq

Timber – By Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister pp. 313-314

Lars H. Gulbrandsen

The Natural Resources Trap: Private Investment without Public Commitment – Edited by William Hogan and Federico Sturzenegger pp. 315-316

Virginia Haufler

Planning Paradise: Politics and Visioning of Land Use in Oregon – By Peter A. Walker and Patrick T. Hurley pp. 316-318

Anne G. Short

Volume 29, issue 1, 2012

Editor's Notes pp. 1-2

Christopher Gore

Introduction pp. 3-4

Nigel M. de S. Cameron

No Identification Without Representation: Constraints on the Use of Biometric Identification Systems pp. 5-20

Emilio Mordini and Andrew P. Rebera

From Identity Verification to Behavior Prediction: Ethical Implications of Second Generation Biometrics pp. 21-36

Margit Sutrop and Katrin Laas‐Mikko

Advances in Biometric Encryption: Taking Privacy by Design from Academic Research to Deployment pp. 37-61

Ann Cavoukian, Michelle Chibba and Alex Stoianov

Biometric Security and Privacy Using Smart Identity Management and Interoperability: Validation and Vulnerabilities of Various Techniques pp. 63-89

Harry Wechsler

Cash at Your Fingertips: Biometric Technology for Transfers in Developing Countries pp. 91-117

Alan Gelb and Caroline Decker

Privacy and the New Legal Paradigm: Tradition and Development in Taiwan pp. 119-130

Chi‐shing Chen

Promoting Data Protection Standards through Contracts: The Case of the Data Security Council of India pp. 131-139

Kamlesh Bajaj

Health‐Care Data Protection and Biometric Authentication Policies: Comparative Culture and Technology Acceptance in China and in the United States pp. 141-159

Cheryl L. Brown

Networks and States: The Global Politics of Internet Governance – By Milton L. Mueller pp. 161-163

Hamoud Salhi

Pandemics and Peace: Public Health Cooperation in Zones of Conflict – By William J. Long pp. 163-165

Eduardo Gomez

Climate Policy Foundations: Science and Economics with Lessons from Monetary Regulation – By William C. Whitesell pp. 165-167

J. Samuel Barkin

Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Legal Status of the Secretariats – By Bharat H. Desai pp. 167-169

Pamela Chasek

Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions and Everyday Life – By Kari Marie Norgaard pp. 169-170

Ruth Greenspan Bell