Policy Sciences

1987 - 2026

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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

Volume 54, issue 4, 2021

Managing pandemics as super wicked problems: lessons from, and for, COVID-19 and the climate crisis pp. 707-728

Graeme Auld, Steven Bernstein, Benjamin Cashore and Kelly Levin

Trade-offs versus reassurance: framing competing risks in the 2016 Zika outbreak pp. 729-747

Lejla Dervisevic, Leigh Raymond, Linda J. Pfeiffer and Jessica V. Merzdorf

Narratives in power and policy design: the case of border management and external migration controls in Italy pp. 749-781

Andrea Terlizzi

Public contestation over agricultural pollution: a discourse network analysis on narrative strategies in the policy process pp. 783-821

Simon Schaub

Reap what you sow: implementing agencies as strategic actors in policy feedback dynamics pp. 823-848

Daniel Polman and Gerry Alons

Do think tanks generate media attention on issues they care about? Mediating internal expertise and prevailing governmental agendas pp. 849-866

Max Grömping and Darren R. Halpin

Rethinking the commissioning of consultants for enhancing government policy capacity pp. 867-889

Catherine Althaus, Lisa Carson and Ken Smith

Policy experimentation and policy learning in Canadian cultural policy pp. 891-909

Kate Mattocks

Institutional complexity traps in policy integration processes: a long-term perspective on Swiss flood risk management pp. 911-941

Thomas Bolognesi, Florence Metz and Stéphane Nahrath

Barriers to the digital transformation of infrastructure sectors pp. 943-983

Liliane Manny, Mert Duygan, Manuel Fischer and Jörg Rieckermann

Volume 54, issue 3, 2021

Inaction, under-reaction action and incapacity: communication breakdown in Italy’s vaccination governance pp. 457-475

Katie Attwell, Tauel Harper, Marco Rizzi, Jeannette Taylor, Virginia Casigliani, Filippo Quattrone and PierLuigi Lopalco

Political ideology and vaccination willingness: implications for policy design pp. 477-491

Marc Debus and Jale Tosun

Vaccine alliance building blocks: a conjoint experiment on popular support for international COVID-19 cooperation formats pp. 493-506

Pieter Vanhuysse, Michael Jankowski and Markus Tepe

Engines of learning? Policy instruments, cities and climate governance pp. 507-528

Ekaterina Domorenok and Anthony R. Zito

Policy learning as complex contagion: how social networks shape organizational beliefs in forest-based climate change mitigation pp. 529-556

Antti Gronow, Maria Brockhaus, Monica Di Gregorio, Aasa Karimo and Tuomas Ylä-Anttila

Dealing with cross-sectoral policy problems: An advocacy coalition approach to climate and water policy integration in Northeast Brazil pp. 557-578

Carolina Milhorance, Jean-François Le Coq and Eric Sabourin

Power struggles in policy feedback processes: incremental steps towards a circular economy within Dutch wastewater policy pp. 579-607

Kasper Ampe, Erik Paredis, Lotte Asveld, Patricia Osseweijer and Thomas Block

When multiple streams make a river: analyzing collaborative policymaking institutions using the multiple streams framework pp. 609-628

Elizabeth A. Koebele

The importance of policy design fit for effectiveness: a qualitative comparative analysis of policy integration in regional transport planning pp. 629-662

Marijn T. Geet, Stefan Verweij, Tim Busscher and Jos Arts

Do governments delay the implementation of parliamentary requests? Examining time variation in implementing legislative requests in Switzerland pp. 663-690

Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, Dominique Oehrli and Adrian Vatter

Rethinking disproportionate policy making by introducing proportionate politics pp. 691-706

Carsten Daugbjerg and Allan McConnell

Volume 54, issue 2, 2021

Policy capacities and effective policy design: a review pp. 243-268

Ishani Mukherjee, M. Kerem Coban and Azad Singh Bali

Uncertainty, risk and the use of algorithms in policy decisions: a case study on criminal justice in the USA pp. 269-287

Kathrin Hartmann and Georg Wenzelburger

Chameleonic knowledge: a study of ex ante analysis in large infrastructure policy processes pp. 289-312

Lars Dorren and Wouter Dooren

A friction perspective for negotiating renewable energy targets: the Israeli case pp. 313-344

Omri Carmon and Itay Fischhendler

Coping with intelligence deficits in poverty-alleviation policies in low-income countries pp. 345-370

William Ascher

Public policy schools in the global south: a mapping and analysis of the emerging landscape pp. 371-395

Ola G. El-Taliawi, Sreeja Nair and Zeger Wal

Why does the combination of policy entrepreneur and institutional entrepreneur roles matter for the institutionalization of policy ideas? pp. 397-422

Caner Bakir, Sinan Akgunay and Kerem Coban

Privatization of Canadian housing assistance: how bureaucrats on a budget added market-based progams to the toolbox pp. 423-440

Maroine Bendaoud

Autonomy of policy instrument attitudes: concept, theory and evidence pp. 441-455

Arnošt Veselý

Volume 54, issue 1, 2021

Risk regulation and precaution in Europe and the United States: the case of bioinvasion pp. 3-20

Ronit Justo-Hanani and Tamar Dayan

Understanding public blame attributions when private contractors are responsible for civilian casualties pp. 21-40

Mark D. Ramirez

How to blame and make a difference: perceived responsibility and policy consequences in two Swedish pro-migrant campaigns pp. 41-62

Livia Johannesson and Noomi Weinryb

Immediate rewards or delayed gratification? A conjoint survey experiment of the public’s policy preferences pp. 63-94

Henrik Serup Christensen and Lauri Rapeli

Spillover effects of central cities on sustainability efforts in a metropolitan area pp. 95-121

Hyunjung Ji and Mark Patrick Tate

Why public organizations contribute to crosscutting policy programs: the role of structure, culture, and ministerial control pp. 123-154

Astrid Molenveld, Koen Verhoest and Jan Wynen

Classifying public policies with Moral Foundations Theory pp. 155-182

Dane G. Wendell and Raymond Tatalovich

Assessing the integration of cross-sectoral policy issues: a case study of Canada’s approach to Countering Radicalization to Violence pp. 183-208

Patrick J. O’Halloran

Exploring criteria for transformative policy capacity in the context of South Africa’s biodiversity economy pp. 209-237

Jan Janosch Förster, Linda Downsborough, Lisa Biber-Freudenberger, Girma Kelboro Mensuro and Jan Börner

Correction to: Why public organizations contribute to crosscutting policy programs: the role of structure, culture, and ministerial control pp. 239-242

Astrid Molenveld, Koen Verhoest and Jan Wynen