Policy Studies

1997 - 2026

Current editor(s): Toby James

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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

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Volume 46, issue 6, 2025

The origins of social protection in healthcare: classifying healthcare systems at introduction in 165 countries pp. 827-847

Achim Schmid, Gabriela de Carvalho and Heinz Rothgang

Narrating for representation policies: the discursive institutionalization of indigenous political representation in Australia & Singapore pp. 848-875

Julius C. S. Mok

The curse of COVID-19 on foreign direct investment: assessing the role of property rights amidst the pandemic pp. 876-894

Chungshik Moon, Youngwan Kim and Hyo Won Lee

Instrumental councillors? On the strategic interests that drive local councillors’ legitimacy perceptions of citizen participation pp. 895-917

Nina De Smedt, Tessa Haesevoets, Kristof Steyvers and Bram Wauters

Resilience policies in China: an analysis of central-level policies pp. 918-938

Jing Zhang, Xingnan Guo and Wei He

Opposition windows in Delhi’s water utility privatization: going beyond the multiple streams framework pp. 939-956

Ashok Kumar, Nitin Singh, Anna Mdee, Shivani Singhal and Jaime Amezaga

Institutional diversity and the immigrant wage gap? A comparison between the German and British experience with statutory minimum wages pp. 957-979

Anna Diop-Christensen, Vincent Alexandre Hildebrand and Lanciné Eric Diop

Volume 46, issue 5, 2025

Authoritarian responsiveness online: social media strategy of Russian regional governance centers pp. 653-675

Aidar Zinnatullin

Life's trajectory: aid, support and humanitarian efforts for Ukrainian refugees pp. 676-696

Andrea Seberini, Miroslava Tokovska, Mária Murray Svidroňová and Jolana Gubalová

The multifaceted nature of trust in the uptake of advice: policy advice utilization in ministerial cabinets pp. 697-717

Pierre Squevin, Nadège Carlier, Marleen Brans and David Aubin

Economic sanctions, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions in Iran: a system dynamics model pp. 718-747

Hamid Balali, Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, Omid Zamani and Mostafa Baniasadi

How does policy mix credibility affect citizen participation? Evidence from pilot of household waste sorting policy pp. 748-778

Bingsheng Liu, Fadong Zhang and Bin Xue

The differential impact of evidence types in policy decisions: comparing evidence priorities in employment and education ministries pp. 779-806

Jonas Videbæk Jørgensen

A social problem or a sacred promise? Explaining the mechanisms driving fee-free educational policy change in Ghana pp. 807-826

Gabriel Asante, György Gajduschek and Attila Bartha

Volume 46, issue 4, 2025

What determines citizens’ attitudes to municipal mergers? pp. 493-512

Jan Erling Klausen and Marte Winsvold

The role of academics as refugee policy advocates: lessons from Australia pp. 513-537

Ainoa Cabada and Philomena Murray

The hysteresis of the unemployment rate in a middle income country: the case of Morocco pp. 538-559

Aomar Ibourk and Karim El Aynaoui

Conceptualizing decent work: an explorative study of decent work in England’s Midlands region pp. 560-581

Tony Dobbins, Xuebing Cao, Anne Green, Paul Johnstone and Will Foster

National will in the context of low fertility: exploring the Chinese childcare policies after the implementation of three-child policy pp. 582-602

Shiyao Wang and Liuning Yang

Assessing the economic impact of innovative cities pp. 603-627

Yunjun Kim

Nervi rei publicae: local governments as economic populists? pp. 628-651

Bohuslav Pernica, Jan Fuka, Robert Baťa and Pavel Zdražil

Volume 46, issue 3, 2025

People’s preferred balance between politicians, citizens, and experts in policy-making decisions pp. 317-342

Tessa Haesevoets, Bram Verschuere and Arne Roets

Green skills" and the emergent property of “greening pp. 343-362

Dean Stroud, Luca Antonazzo and Martin Weinel

The war in Ukraine and environmental security in Central European ministerial discourse pp. 363-390

Karolina Weronika Cynk

How does collaborative freshwater governance affect legitimacy? Comparative analysis of 14 cases of collaboration in Aotearoa New Zealand between 2009 and 2017 pp. 391-414

Franca Angela Buelow, Lea Delsault and Ann Brower

The road to national competitiveness is paved with innovation and entrepreneurship: a qualitative comparative analysis pp. 415-436

Pedro López-Rubio, Nuria Chaparro-Banegas, Alicia Mas-Tur and Norat Roig-Tierno

Economic impact of a credit guarantee scheme: evidence from Spain pp. 437-459

Antonio Trujillo-Ponce, Filippo di Pietro, Félix Corredera-Catalán and Giovanni Mandras

Impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on energy prices: evidence from OECD countries pp. 460-492

Tie-Ying Liu and Chien-Chiang Lee

Volume 46, issue 2, 2025

Balancing urban conservation and (re)development: tracing policy layering in the Mainland of China (1906-2023) pp. 147-167

Xuelei Zhang, Jurian Edelenbos and Alberto Gianoli

The climate change literacy of public officials in Taiwan: implications and strategies for global adaptation pp. 168-201

Shin-Cheng Yeh, Yan-Hua Chen, Ronald Van Velzen and Pei-Hsuan Lin

Effects of the political configuration of local governments on subjective well-being pp. 202-220

Ana Cárcaba, Eduardo González and Rubén Arrondo

A cross-country analysis of the factors driving innovation performance in the Global South pp. 221-251

Sajjad Khan Niazi

Public reaction to public-private partnerships (PPPs): citizen assessments of four different types of PPPs and policy support pp. 252-270

Ki Eun Kang and Arnold Vedlitz

The impact of electronic levy on mobile money transactions: lessons from Ghana pp. 271-287

Paul Owusu Takyi

Unraveling the politics-science nexus: diverse strategies in US states’ termination of mask policies pp. 288-315

Chan Wang and Ivy S. Liu

Volume 46, issue 1, 2025

Which civil society? State-run media and shaping the politics of NGOs in post-uprising Egypt pp. 1-23

Nermeen Kassem

Mapping multi-stakeholder initiatives for public governance and transparency: a comparative assessment of trends and motivations pp. 24-45

Christopher Wilson, Marlen Heide and Jean-Patrick Villeneuve

Policy styles and India’s national action plan on climate change (NAPCC) pp. 46-63

Tanvi Deshpande, Rahul Mukherji and Mekhala Sastry

Assessing policy transfer from the United States to the British National Health Service pp. 64-82

Daniel Béland, Martin Powell and Alex Waddan

Affording excellence: What does excellence funding do for researchers? pp. 83-101

Merle Jacob and Tomas Hellström

Enterprise policies and R&D support for high-tech SMEs: a multi-perspective approach pp. 102-123

Chongryol Park and Ronald McQuaid

Reconceptualizing transfer pathways: policy transfer and armed UAV proliferation pp. 124-145

Stephen Ceccoli