Policy Sciences

1987 - 2025

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Volume 56, issue 4, 2023

Agenda-setting in nascent policy subsystems: issue and instrument priorities across venues pp. 633-655

Nicole Lemke, Philipp Trein and Frédéric Varone

Finding, distinguishing, and understanding overlooked policy entrepreneurs pp. 657-687

Gwen Arnold, Meghan Klasic, Changtong Wu, Madeline Schomburg and Abigail York

Female members of parliament, right-wing parties, and the inclusiveness of immigration policy: evidence from 26 European countries pp. 689-707

Shouzhi Xia

Climbing the 'ladder of intrusiveness': the Italian government's strategy to push the Covid-19 vaccination coverage further pp. 709-731

Stefania Profeti and Federico Toth

Implementing policy integration: policy regimes for care policy in Chile and Uruguay pp. 733-753

Guillermo M. Cejudo and Cynthia L. Michel

Polycentric disaster governance in a federalising Nepal: interplay between people, bureaucracy and political leadership pp. 755-776

Sumit Vij

When active representation is not enough: ethnic minority street-level workers in a divided society and policy entrepreneurship pp. 777-795

Hani Nouman and Nissim Cohen

Local implementation of U.S. federal immigration programs: context, control, and the problems of intergovernmental implementation pp. 797-823

William D. Schreckhise and Daniel E. Chand

Following neighbors or regional leaders? Unpacking the effect of geographic proximity in local climate policy diffusion pp. 825-868

Brian Y. An, Adam Butz, Min-Kyeong Cha and Joshua L. Mitchell

Volume 56, issue 3, 2023

Symposium: Affect and emotions in policy dynamics pp. 439-448

Moshe Maor and Tereza Capelos

From institutional tipping points to affective and direct tips: mythical institutions, policy ineffectiveness, and nonlinear political dynamics in East Germany, 1989–1990 pp. 449-467

Moshe Maor

Emotional citizens, detached interest groups? The use of emotional language in public policy consultations pp. 469-497

Simon Fink, Eva Ruffing, Tobias Burst and Sara Katharina Chinnow

Beyond plans, governance structures, and organizational strategies: how emotional mechanisms can make a difference in emergency response processes pp. 499-523

Stefania Ravazzi

The many faces of the politics of shame in European policymaking pp. 525-547

Rosa M. Sanchez Salgado

Navigating the role of emotions in expertise: public framing of expertise in the Czech public controversy on birth care pp. 549-571

Anna P. Durnová and Eva M. Hejzlarová

Advancing scholarship on policy conflict through perspectives from oil and gas policy actors pp. 573-594

Jennifer A. Kagan, Tanya Heikkila, Christopher M. Weible, Duncan Gilchrist, Ramiro Berardo and Hongtao Yi

Conflicting and complementary policy goals as sectoral integration challenge: an analysis of sectoral interplay in flood risk management pp. 595-612

Ralf Nordbeck, Walter Seher, Heidelinde Grüneis, Mathew Herrnegger and Lena Junger

How do courts contribute to policy integration? A comparative study of policy integration processes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Guatemala pp. 613-632

Paul Cisneros

Volume 56, issue 2, 2023

Explaining why public officials perceive interest groups as influential: on the role of policy capacities and policy insiderness pp. 191-209

Adrià Albareda, Caelesta Braun and Bert Fraussen

Advice that resonates: explaining the variability in consultants’ policy influence pp. 211-232

Martin Bortz

When the political leader is the narrator: the political and policy dimensions of narratives pp. 233-265

Giliberto Capano, Maria Tullia Galanti and Giovanni Barbato

PPP performance evaluation: the social welfare goal, principal–agent theory and political economy pp. 267-299

Mark A. Moore and Aidan Vining

Devil in the details? Policy settings and calibrations of national excellence-centers pp. 301-323

Anat Gofen, Adam M. Wellstead and Noa Tal

Coping with the ambiguities of poverty-alleviation programs and policies: a policy sciences approach pp. 325-354

William Ascher

Understanding the role of institutions in the multiple streams approach through the recognition of the diaspora as a development agent in Cameroon pp. 355-376

Léger Félix Ntienjom Mbohou

Policy change and information search: a test of the politics of information using regulatory data pp. 377-418

Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay, Maria Alejandra Costa and Éric Montpetit

Causality is good for practice: policy design and reverse engineering pp. 419-438

Simone Busetti

Volume 56, issue 1, 2023

Note from the Editor: Lasswell Prize announcement for Policy Sciences Volume 55 (2022) pp. 1-1

Michael Howlett

Policy integration as a political process pp. 3-8

Guillermo M. Cejudo and Philipp Trein

Pathways to policy integration: a subsystem approach pp. 9-27

Guillermo M. Cejudo and Philipp Trein

Empirical research on policy integration: a review and new directions pp. 29-48

Philipp Trein, Manuel Fischer, Martino Maggetti and Francesco Sarti

Institutional coordination arrangements as elements of policy design spaces: insights from climate policy pp. 49-68

Heiner Lüpke, Lucas Leopold and Jale Tosun

Environmental policy integration in a newly established natural resource-based sector: the role of advocacy coalitions and contrasting conceptions of sustainability pp. 69-93

Daniel Kefeli, Karen M. Siegel, Lucía Pittaluga and Thomas Dietz

The role of actors' issue and sector specialization for policy integration in the parliamentary arena: an analysis of Swiss biodiversity policy using text as data pp. 95-114

Ueli Reber, Karin Ingold and Manuel Fischer

Participatory decision-making in the policy integration process: indigenous consultation and sustainable development in Mexico pp. 115-140

Israel Solorio, Jorge Guzmán and Ixchel Guzmán

The policy integration game? Congruence of outputs and implementation in policy integration pp. 141-160

Francesco Sarti

Unintended policy integration through entrepreneurship at the implementation stage pp. 161-189

Sébastien Lambelet

Volume 55, issue 4, 2022

Count on trust: the indirect effect of trust in government on policy compliance with health behavior instructions pp. 593-630

Talia Goren, Dana R. Vashdi and Itai Beeri

What counts? Policy evidence in public hearing testimonies: the case of single-payer healthcare in New York State pp. 631-660

Yongjin Choi, Ashley M. Fox and Jennifer Dodge

Politicking with evidence: examining evidence-based issues in electoral policy narratives pp. 661-691

Laura Wolton and Deserai A. Crow

Understanding policy transfer through social network analysis: expanding methodologies with an intensive case study approach pp. 693-713

Christopher Walker and Alex Moulis

From hierarchy to continuum: classifying the technical dimension of policy goals pp. 715-736

Ana Petek, Borna Zgurić, Marjeta Šinko, Krešimir Petković, Mario Munta, Marko Kovačić, Anka Kekez and Nikola Baketa

‘Windows of opportunity’: exploring the relationship between social media and plastic policies during the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 737-753

Joanna Vince, Estelle Praet, John Schofield and Kathy Townsend

Seeking policy solutions in a complex system: experimentalist governance in China’s healthcare reform pp. 755-776

Alex Jingwei He, Yumeng Fan and Rui Su

The promises and perils of populism for democratic policymaking: the case of Mexico pp. 777-803

Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna

Volume 55, issue 3, 2022

William Newlin Dunn (1939–2022) “The truest measure of an academic pillar” pp. 393-397

Jessi Hanson-DeFusco

Mapping the use of knowledge in policymaking: barriers and facilitators from a subjectivist perspective (1990–2020) pp. 399-428

Giliberto Capano and Anna Malandrino

Expert hearings in mini-publics: How does the field of expertise influence deliberation and its outcomes? pp. 429-450

Mikko Leino, Katariina Kulha, Maija Setälä and Juha Ylisalo

Against the odds: How policy capacity can compensate for weak instruments in promoting sustainable food pp. 451-467

Carsten Daugbjerg

Policy analytical capacity and "Eastern" styles of policy analysis: evidence from West Java Province, Indonesia pp. 469-485

Joshua Newman, Emi Patmisari and Ida Widianingsih

Policy feedback and institutional context in energy transitions pp. 487-507

Matthew Lockwood

Space for stories: legislative narratives and the establishment of the US Space Force pp. 509-553

Jonathan W. A. Ruff, Gregory Stelmach and Michael D. Jones

Countries’ readiness to deal with large-scale crises: analysis, measure, and World classification pp. 555-572

E. Ezzahid, Z. Firano, J. Ennouhi, A. Laaroussi and A. Serghini Anbari

The fable of policy entrepreneurship? Understanding policy change as an ontological problem with critical realism and institutional theory pp. 573-591

Yi Yang

Volume 55, issue 2, 2022

Heated policy: policy actors’ emotional storylines and conflict escalation pp. 223-237

Imrat Verhoeven and Tamara Metze

Policy’s role in democratic conflict management pp. 239-254

Markus Hinterleitner and Fritz Sager

What matters to citizens in crisis recovery? Being listened to, action, and confidence in government pp. 255-281

Yoon Ah Shin and Young Ran Hyun

Evaluation use and learning in public policy pp. 283-309

Pirmin Bundi and Philipp Trein

Integrating biodiversity: a longitudinal and cross-sectoral analysis of Swiss politics pp. 311-335

Ueli Reber, Manuel Fischer, Karin Ingold, Felix Kienast, Anna M. Hersperger, Rolf Grütter and Robin Benz

Stability and change in the public’s policy agenda: a punctuated equilibrium approach pp. 337-350

Tevfik Murat Yildirim

Global perspectives on scientists’ roles in legislative policymaking pp. 351-367

K. L. Akerlof, Alessandro Allegra, Selena Nelson, Cameryn Gonnella, Carla Washbourne and Chris Tyler

Evidencing the benefits of cluster policies: towards a generalised framework of effects pp. 369-391

James Wilson, Emily Wise and Madeline Smith

Volume 55, issue 1, 2022

Global policymakers and catastrophic risk pp. 3-21

Christopher Nathan and Keith Hyams

A threat-centered theory of policy entrepreneurship pp. 23-45

Gwen Arnold

Policy inaction meets policy learning: four moments of non-implementation pp. 47-63

Prudence R. Brown and Alastair Stark

Measuring the impact of consultative citizen participation: reviewing the congruency approaches for assessing the uptake of citizen ideas pp. 65-88

Julien Vrydagh

Mapping design activities and methods of public sector innovation units through the policy cycle model pp. 89-136

Diana Pamela Villa Alvarez, Valentina Auricchio and Marzia Mortati

The politics of Artificial Intelligence regulation and governance reform in the European Union pp. 137-159

Ronit Justo-Hanani

The European 2030 climate and energy package: do domestic strategy adaptations precede EU policy change? pp. 161-184

Lana Ollier, Florence Metz, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Leonhard Späth and Johan Lilliestam

Conceptualizing morality policy: a dyadic morality frame analysis of a gendered legislative debate on abortion pp. 185-207

Job P. H. Vossen, Gabriëlle L. Pooter and Petra Meier

A diamond in the rough: digging up and polishing Harold D. Lasswell’s decision functions pp. 209-222

Christopher M. Weible, Paul Cairney and Jill Yordy