Policy Sciences

1987 - 2026

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Volume 49, issue 4, 2016

Policy messes and their management pp. 351-372

Emery Roe

Appeals to evidence for the resolution of wicked problems: the origins and mechanisms of evidentiary bias pp. 373-393

Justin O. Parkhurst

Explaining science-led policy-making: pandemic deaths, epistemic deliberation and ideational trajectories pp. 395-419

Erik Baekkeskov

Do stakeholders analyze their audience? The communication switch and stakeholder personal versus public communication choices pp. 421-444

Mark K. McBeth, Donna L. Lybecker and James W. Stoutenborough

Thick narratives and the persistence of institutions: using the Q methodology to analyse IWRM reforms around the Yellow River pp. 445-465

Ching Leong and Raul Lejano

Rank-order implications of social construction theory: Does air quality depend on social constructions? pp. 467-488

Sumaia A. Al-Kohlani and Heather E. Campbell

How to build models for government: criteria driving model acceptance in policymaking pp. 489-504

Daniel Antony Kolkman, Paolo Campo, Tina Balke-Visser and Nigel Gilbert

Two effective causal paths that explain the adoption of US state environmental justice policy pp. 505-523

Yushim Kim and Stefan Verweij

Volume 49, issue 3, 2016

Identifying mechanisms influencing the emergence and success of innovation within national economies: a realist approach pp. 233-256

Paul Jackson, Jochen Runde, Philip Dobson and Nancy Richter

Mitigating climate change in a federal country committed to the Kyoto Protocol: how Swiss federalism further complicated an already complex challenge pp. 257-279

Juan Casado-Asensio and Reinhard Steurer

Adaptive governance in water reform discourses of the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia pp. 281-307

Zachary Bischoff-Mattson and Amanda H. Lynch

Learning to contract in public–private partnerships for road infrastructure: recent experiences in Belgium pp. 309-333

Martijn Hurk

Identifying context and cause in small-N settings: a comparative multilevel analysis pp. 335-348

Eva Thomann and Anita Manatschal

Erratum to: Identifying context and cause in small-N settings: a comparative multilevel analysis pp. 349-350

Eva Thomann and Anita Manatschal

Volume 49, issue 2, 2016

Policy learning in the Eurozone crisis: modes, power and functionality pp. 107-124

Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli

Toward a cognitive theory of shifting coalitions and policy change: linking the advocacy coalition framework and cultural theory pp. 125-154

Metodi Sotirov and Georg Winkel

Linking mini-publics to the deliberative system: a research agenda pp. 173-190

Nicole Curato and Marit Böker

Volume 49, issue 1, 2016

Delphic oracles: ambiguity, institutions, and multiple streams pp. 3-12

Nikolaos Zahariadis

Delphic oracles: ambiguity, institutions, and multiple streams pp. 3-12

Nikolaos Zahariadis

Explaining European agenda-setting using the multiple streams framework: the case of European natural gas regulation pp. 13-33

Nicole Herweg

Do crises lead to policy change? The multiple streams framework and the European Union’s economic governance instruments pp. 35-53

Sabine Saurugger and Fabien Terpan

Do crises lead to policy change? The multiple streams framework and the European Union’s economic governance instruments pp. 35-53

Sabine Saurugger and Fabien Terpan

Interest groups in multiple streams: specifying their involvement in the framework pp. 55-69

Patrycja Rozbicka and Florian Spohr

From controversial policy idea to successful program implementation: the role of the policy entrepreneur, manipulation strategy, program design, institutions and open policy windows in relocating Norwegian central agencies pp. 71-88

Harald Sætren

From controversial policy idea to successful program implementation: the role of the policy entrepreneur, manipulation strategy, program design, institutions and open policy windows in relocating Norwegian central agencies pp. 71-88

Harald Sætren

Multiple streams approach and political parties: modernization of Czech Social Democracy pp. 89-105

Vilém Novotný and Martin Polášek

Volume 48, issue 4, 2015

Policy logics, framing strategies, and policy change: lessons from universal pre-k policy debates in California and Florida pp. 395-413

Linda White, Adrienne Davidson, Heather Millar, Milena Pandy and Juliana Yi

Social constructions of obesity target population: an empirical look at obesity policy narratives pp. 415-442

Maria Husmann

Tracing the sources of legitimacy: the impact of deliberation in participatory natural resource management pp. 443-461

Simon Birnbaum, Örjan Bodin and Annica Sandström

Using insights from pragmatism to develop reforms that strengthen institutional competence for conserving biodiversity pp. 463-489

Sarah Clement, Susan Moore, Michael Lockwood and Michael Mitchell

The political use of knowledge in the policy process pp. 491-505

Falk Daviter

Volume 48, issue 3, 2015

Toward the permissive society? Morality policy agendas and policy directions in Western democracies pp. 273-291

Donley Studlar and Gordon Burns

The politics of meta-governance in transnational private sustainability governance pp. 293-317

Luc Fransen

Is “legitimized” policy always successful? Policy legitimacy and cultural policy in Korea pp. 319-338

Chisung Park, Jooha Lee and Changho Chung

Accelerating the public’s learning curve on wicked policy issues: results from deliberative forums on euthanasia pp. 339-361

Harri Raisio and Pirkko Vartiainen

Policy forums: Why do they exist and what are they used for? pp. 363-382

Manuel Fischer and Philip Leifeld

Beyond the two communities: a reply to Mead’s “why government often ignores research” pp. 383-393

Joshua Newman and Brian Head

Volume 48, issue 2, 2015

Conceptualizing the policy work of partisan advisers pp. 135-158

Jonathan Craft

Integrated policy approaches and policy failure: the case of Australia’s Oceans Policy pp. 159-180

Joanna Vince

Foreign aid, economic globalization, and pollution pp. 181-205

Sijeong Lim, Victor Menaldo and Aseem Prakash

The composition of policy change: comparing Colorado’s 1977 and 2006 smoking bans pp. 207-231

Christopher Weible and David Carter

Integration and interdisciplinarity: concepts, frameworks, and education pp. 233-255

Susan Clark and Richard Wallace

Only connect: Why government often ignores research pp. 257-272

Lawrence Mead

Volume 48, issue 1, 2015

Reconciling policy dissonance: patterns of governmental response to policy noncompliance pp. 3-24

Anat Gofen

Think tank 2.0 for deliberative policy analysis pp. 25-50

Ya Li

Identifying policy frames through semantic network analysis: an examination of nuclear energy policy across six countries pp. 51-83

Junseop Shim, Chisung Park and Mark Wilding

Is decentralisation always good for climate change mitigation? How federalism has complicated the greening of building policies in Austria pp. 85-107

Reinhard Steurer and Christoph Clar

Sources of specification errors in the assessment of voluntary environmental programs: understanding program impacts pp. 109-126

Daniel Matisoff

“Get those voices at the table!”: Interview with Deborah Stone pp. 127-133

Mark Ostaijen and Shivant Jhagroe

Volume 47, issue 4, 2014

Evidence and policy: discourses, meanings and practices pp. 339-344

Anna Wesselink, Hal Colebatch and Warren Pearce

‘Hoisted with our own petard’: evidence and democratic deliberation on obesity pp. 345-365

John Boswell

Puzzling about problems: the ambiguous search for an evidence-based strategy for handling influx of health technology pp. 367-386

Ann-Charlotte Nedlund and Peter Garpenby

The new randomised controlled trials (RCT) movement in public policy: challenges of epistemic governance pp. 387-402

Warren Pearce and Sujatha Raman

Pathways to impact in local government: the mini-Stern review as evidence in policy making in the Leeds City Region pp. 403-424

Anna Wesselink and Andy Gouldson

Policy persistence, risk estimation and policy underreaction pp. 425-443

Moshe Maor

Volume 47, issue 3, 2014

From the ‘old’ to the ‘new’ policy design: design thinking beyond markets and collaborative governance pp. 187-207

Michael Howlett

Policy design as craft: teasing out policy design expertise using a semi-experimental approach pp. 209-225

Mark Considine, Damon Alexander and Jenny Lewis

Designing policies that intentionally stick: policy feedback in a changing climate pp. 227-247

Andrew Jordan and Elah Matt

Experimentation in policy design: insights from the building sector pp. 249-266

Jeroen Heijden

On evaluating success in complex policy mixes: the case of renewable energy support schemes pp. 267-287

Pablo Río

Policy and regulatory design for developing countries: a mechanism design and transaction cost approach pp. 289-303

Eduardo Araral

Market imperfections, government imperfections, and policy mixes: policy innovations in Singapore pp. 305-320

Xun Wu and M. Ramesh

Experiment-based policy making or conscious policy design? The case of urban housing reform in China pp. 321-337

Ciqi Mei and Zhilin Liu

Volume 47, issue 2, 2014

Epistemic forms of integrated water resources management: towards knowledge versatility pp. 101-120

Farhad Mukhtarov and Andrea Gerlak

Scientific opinion in policymaking: the case of climate change adaptation pp. 121-139

Debra Javeline and Gregory Shufeldt

‘Neutral’ experts? How input of scientific expertise matters in international environmental negotiations pp. 141-160

Katharina Rietig

Civil society organizations and deliberative policy making: interpreting environmental controversies in the deliberative system pp. 161-185

Jennifer Dodge

Volume 47, issue 1, 2014

The effects of boundary spanners on trust and performance of urban governance networks: findings from survey research on urban development projects in the Netherlands pp. 3-24

Ingmar Meerkerk and Jurian Edelenbos

Expert knowledge use and deliberation in local policy making pp. 25-49

Martin Lundin and PerOla Öberg

Sustainable intensification and ecosystem services: new directions in agricultural governance pp. 51-67

Robert Fish, Michael Winter and Matt Lobley

Understanding micro-processes of institutionalization: stewardship contracting and national forest management pp. 69-98

Cassandra Moseley and Susan Charnley