Policy Studies

1997 - 2026

Current editor(s): Toby James

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Volume 47, issue 5, 2026

Democracy, public administration, and democratic backsliding pp. 737-762

Toby S. James

Merit and impartiality in public administration: the effect of democratic backsliding through participation and contestation pp. 763-787

David Ibañez and Ricardo A. Bello-Gómez

Expert knowledge and policymaking in authoritarian contexts: a systematic review pp. 788-810

Caroline Schlaufer and Tatiana Chalaya

The wilting jasmine: the erosion of public administration and democratic backsliding in Tunisia pp. 811-841

Michael J. Schumacher and Addison K. Emig

Democratic backsliding and public administration: the experience of Ghana pp. 842-865

Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah, Philip Asare Baidoo and Kwame Asamoah

Democratic backsliding through bureaucratic capture: state power and institutional mimicry in Nigeria pp. 866-888

Omonye Omoigberale

Resisting the tide: the role of organizational routines in mitigating policy dismantling pp. 889-911

Fernando Nieto-Morales and Guillermo M. Cejudo

Narratives of democratic backsliding: media coverage of illiberal administrative policies pp. 912-937

Luis David Ramirez Benitez

Eroding democracy and public administration capacities through overstretching the armed forces: evidence of the federal police dismantling in Mexico pp. 938-957

Gerardo Bonilla-Alguera, Daira Arana-Aguilar and Sergio Padilla-Oñate

Bureaucrats’ willingness to resist democratic backsliding: an experimental study in the Brazilian federal government pp. 958-981

José Renato Fragoso Lobo, Maiara Marinho, Alketa Peci and João V. Guedes-Neto

Presidential threats and bureaucrats' support for democracy in Brazil pp. 982-998

Celeste Beesley, Darren Hawkins, Tayla Ingles, Mona Lyne, Scott Morgenstern and Daniel Nielson

Democratic backsliding in Honduras and MACCIH’s effects (2016–2021) pp. 999-1023

Miguel Gomis

A coalitional perspective on democratic backsliding: elite coalitions and the bureaucracy in Turkey pp. 1024-1049

M. Kerem Coban and Kutsal Yesilkagit

Democratic backsliding and public administration in Pakistan’s hybrid regime: a balance of power approach pp. 1050-1075

Sameen A. Mohsin Ali

Populism, public administration and democratic backsliding: the Indian experience pp. 1076-1094

Jhumpa Mukherjee

From people’s champion to power consolidator: examining Jokowi’s role in Indonesia’s democratic backsliding pp. 1095-1118

Martin Petlach and Veronika Říčanová

Public administration under competitive authoritarianism: impact of democratic backsliding on public administration in Sri Lanka pp. 1119-1143

Ramesh Ramasamy, M. M. Ihjas and Ranjith Dickwella

Administrative resilience and democratic backsliding in crisis governance: comparative lessons from Wuhan and Shanghai during COVID-19 pp. 1144-1172

Jie Xiao, Wenzheng Li and Jian Xu

Democratic backsliding and public administration: the experience of the UK pp. 1173-1192

Sean Kippin

Democratic backsliding: populism and independent regulatory authorities in Italy during the Conte and Meloni governments pp. 1193-1214

Paola Coletti

The (worst) laws of the land: the concept of legislative basket cases, legislative backsliding and public administration in Central-Eastern Europe pp. 1215-1241

Rebeka Kiss and Miklós Sebők

Understanding de-institutionalisation in a democracy: media perspectives on the legitimacy of the state committees in Finland, 1960–1994 pp. 1242-1262

Kati Katajisto and Johanna Rainio-Niemi

Eroded decisiveness in public administration? The political use of law and legal knowledge amid democratic backsliding in Poland pp. 1263-1286

Sonia Horonziak and Marcin Kaim

Democratic backsliding and public administration: lessons for theory and practice pp. 1287-1298

Toby S. James

Volume 47, issue 4, 2026

Building party resilience: improving party aid in an age of democratic decline pp. 561-571

Fernando Casal Bértoa and Beata Martin-Rozumiłowicz

Can financial transparency help parties institutionalize and save democracy? pp. 572-594

Fernando Casal Bértoa, Anna Heapy-Silander and Halfdan Lynge

Political party assistance in Kenya: improving integrity in electorally difficult environments pp. 595-615

Beata Martin-Rozumiłowicz

An (almost) laissez faire party system: how Kyrgyz parties failed and what could be done about it pp. 616-635

Emilbek Dzhurae

Aid without roots: international support and the hollowing out of party accountability pp. 636-653

Katarzyna Walecka

Post-conflict party-building in Southern Philippines: the promise and perils of institutional re-engineering in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao pp. 654-680

Julio C. Teehankee

Willing to be transparent? Assessing political parties’ commitment towards regulating party aid in South Africa pp. 681-698

Heather A. Thuynsma

Polarization, and party politics in post-revolutionary and post-war Armenia pp. 699-721

Narek S. Galstyan and Narek Sukiasyan

Building from below: the role of political parties in fostering resilience in an age of democratic decline pp. 722-735

Beata Martin-Rozumiłowicz and Fernando Casal Bértoa

Volume 47, issue 3, 2026

Economic complexity and employment in emerging countries: a comparative analysis pp. 373-396

Tolulope Osinubi, Munacinga Simatele and Olajide Oyadeyi

Geopolitical risks and inflation: insights across time horizons pp. 397-411

Joanna Darwiche, Moustapha Badran, Mohamed Awada and Whelsy Boungou

Show me what you’ve got: a survey experiment of aid allocation dynamics under transparency and austerity mandates pp. 412-438

Jaakko Hillo and Isak Vento

Making elections more transparent? Lessons from the implementation of digital imprints at the 2024 UK General Election pp. 439-462

Katharine Dommett, Stephanie Luke and Hazel C. Gordon

Determinants of fiscal decentralization: a neural network approach for OECD countries pp. 463-478

Francisco J. Delgado and Manuel Landajo

Towards the creation of an independent fiscal council for growth sustainability and development in oil-exporting small-open economy pp. 479-502

Aliyu Rafindadi Sanusi, Mehboob Ul Hassan and Jamilu Iliyasu

Defining “impact” in public guidance policies: local experts’ views on the elements of impact pp. 503-519

Janne Tapani Varjo, Mira Kalalahti and Minna Vilkman

The French school in policy studies: toward suitable approaches for policy analysis within undemocratic contexts in the Middle East? pp. 520-539

Shaimaa Magued

Defining negative cases of policy transfer pp. 540-559

Samuel Henderson

Volume 47, issue 2, 2026

Global governance of commercial actors in data-intensive health innovation: Introduction to the special issue pp. 211-224

James A. Shaw, Clémence Pinel, Joseph Donia and Ine Van Hoyweghen

The right standard for the job? On the limits of standard setting as a tool for governing commercial actors pp. 225-235

Klaus Hoeyer and Sara Green

Toward responsible artificial intelligence in health: regulatory structures and power dynamics of the big tech industry in the United States pp. 236-248

Remziye Zaim and James A. Shaw

“Digital benefit sharing” for non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance in low – and middle-income countries: implications for digital health governance pp. 249-266

Joseph Ali, Katelyn Esmonde, Sandra Agudelo-Londoño, Zerin Jannat, Prakriti Shrestha, Angélica Torres-Quintero and Erisa Mwaka

Private commercial companies sharing health-relevant consumer data with health researchers in sub-Saharan Africa: an ethical exploration pp. 267-284

Stuart Rennie, Sergio Litewka, Effy Vayena, George Chingarande, Tiwonge Mtande, Nezerith Cengiz, Jerome Singh, Walter Jaoko and Keymanthri Moodley

A socio-legal critique of the commercialization of digital health in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 285-305

Sharifah Sekalala, Belinda Rawson and Pamela Andanda

Governance of medical AI in the greater Bay Area in Southern China: regulatory rule of law and AI sovereignty pp. 306-337

Calvin Wai-Loon Ho

A qualitative comparison of data infrastructures for COVID-19 health-related data: lessons for the European Health Data Space pp. 338-358

Vittoria Porta, Anne-Marie Fors Connolly, Naja Hulvej Rod, Klaus Hoeyer, Ine Van Hoyweghen, Carlo Botrugno, Federica Lucivero, Giuseppe Testa and Luca Marelli

An ecosystem approach to governing commercial actors in healthcare AI pp. 359-372

Quinn Waeiss and Mildred K. Cho

Volume 47, issue 1, 2026

Experts’ active representation in the UN treaty bodies: the role of members’ tenure pp. 1-23

Sara Kahn-Nisser

Contagion and control: the role of epidemic discourse in shaping domestic violence as a nascent policy issue pp. 24-45

Tamar Hofnung

Unpacking electoral competition: campaign spending, vote distribution and turnout in Chilean mayoral elections pp. 46-71

Juan Miguieles, Fabián Belmar, Roberto Monares and Bernardo Lara

Do happy individuals support government environmental spending? Evidence from the general social survey pp. 72-97

Dejan Glavas and Gilles Grolleau

Do intergovernmental interactions increase government spending? pp. 98-112

Yunjun Kim, Ikhwan Kweon and William Hoyt

Central leaders’ attention and carbon emission mitigation: evidence from China pp. 113-132

Yuanyuan Song and Xiangyang Li

Segregation and school composition in Washington, D.C. following the implementation of a unified school lottery pp. 133-159

Jason Saltmarsh and Francisco Lagos

Designing intermediary-involved regulatory system: organizational capacities and institutional conditions for NGO regulatory intermediation pp. 160-181

Rongzhen Ma and Wai-Hang Yee

Democracy, Women's Political Empowerment, and Road Safety: Evidence from a Global Analysis, 2001–2019 pp. 182-209

Jou Fei Huang and Thung-Hong Lin

Correction pp. 210-210

The Editors