Policy Studies

1997 - 2026

Current editor(s): Toby James

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Volume 45, issue 6, 2024

Instruments of lesson-drawing: comparing the knowledge brokerage of the OECD and the World Bank pp. 839-859

Helen Seitzer, Chanwoong Baek and Gita Steiner-Khamsi

Role sets of advisory councils in local policymaking process: the perspective of council members pp. 860-882

Agnieszka Pawłowska

Policy staff and the evolving nature of policy analytical capacity in Australia, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand pp. 883-907

Jonathan Craft and Samuel Henderson

Policy change in socially embedded local policy processes in São Paulo, 1988–2020 pp. 908-928

Eduardo Marques and Renata Bichir

Policy transfer and policy experimentation in China: the case of state-sponsored student loans pp. 929-947

Hanwen Zhang

The military involvement and extraordinary policymaking in higher education: evidence from Turkey pp. 948-965

Burhan Fındıklı

Editorial board pp. 966-966

The Editors

Volume 45, issue 5, 2024

Digital political campaigning: contemporary challenges and regulation pp. 677-691

Gabriela Borz and Fabrizio De Francesco

Operationalizing data-driven campaigning: designing a new tool for mapping and guiding regulatory intervention pp. 692-708

Rachel Gibson, Esmeralda Bon and Andrea Römmele

The EU soft regulation of digital campaigning: regulatory effectiveness through platform compliance to the code of practice on disinformation pp. 709-729

Gabriela Borz, Fabrizio De Francesco, Thomas L. Montgomerie and Michael Peter Bellis

Regulating misleading political advertising on online platforms: an example of regulatory mercantilism in digital policy pp. 730-749

Benjamin Farrand

Better safe than sorry? Digital campaigning governance in Germany pp. 750-772

Isabelle Borucki and Matthias C. Kettemann

Digital innovation in electoral campaigns: the case of microcredit in Podemos pp. 773-791

Fabio G. Lupato, Ariel Jerez and Marco Meloni

The role of hyperactive Twitter accounts in the diffusion of political information pp. 792-817

Paweł Matuszewski and Gabriella Szabó

Watching the digital grassroots grow: assessing party members’ social media campaigning during the 2021 German Bundestag election pp. 818-838

Stine Ziegler

Volume 45, issue 3-4, 2024

The effects of wars: lessons from the war in Ukraine pp. 261-281

Pierre Bocquillon, Suzanne Doyle, Toby S. James, Ra Mason, Soul Park and Matilde Rosina

The impact of the war on human capital and productivity in Ukraine pp. 282-292

Balázs Égert and Christine de la Maisonneuve

Tax policy of Ukraine in terms of martial law pp. 293-309

Vladyslav Teremetskyi, Volodymyr Valihura, Maryna Slatvinska, Valentyna Bryndak and Inna Gutsul

Disrupted harvests: how Ukraine – Russia war influences global food systems – a systematic review pp. 310-335

Hamid El Bilali and Tarek Ben Hassen

Uncertainty, stock and commodity prices during the Ukraine-Russia war pp. 336-352

Whelsy Boungou and Alhonita Yatié

The impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on European Union currencies: a high-frequency analysis pp. 353-376

Mahmut Zeki Akarsu and Orkideh Gharehgozli

Forged in the fires of war: the rise of a new Ukrainian identity pp. 377-401

Aaron F. Brantly

Increased support for collective defence in times of threat: European public opinion before and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pp. 402-422

Matthias Mader

Chains of insecurities: constructing Ukraine’s agency in times of war pp. 423-442

Yuliia Kurnyshova

EU arms collaboration, procurement, and offsets: the impact of the war in Ukraine pp. 443-466

Jonata Anicetti

Gradually and then suddenly: the effects of Russia’s attacks on the evolution of cybersecurity policy in Lithuania pp. 467-488

Ramūnas Vilpišauskas

The war in Ukraine, the EU’s geopolitical awakening and implications for the “contested neighbourhood” pp. 489-506

Ryhor Nizhnikau and Arkady Moshes

The arrival of Ukrainian refugees as an opportunity to advance migrant integration policy pp. 507-531

Marie Jelínková, Michal Plaček and František Ochrana

Migration and soft power: the EU’s visa and refugee policy response to the war in Ukraine pp. 532-550

Matilde Rosina

Conflict disruptions of epistemic communities: initial lessons from the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine pp. 551-572

Anna Ivanova and Paul Thiers

Strategic narratives of Russia’s war in Ukraine: perspectives from China pp. 573-594

Angela Pennisi di Floristella and Xuechen Chen

Russia-Ukraine War, India, and US grand strategy: punishing or leveraging neutrality? pp. 595-613

Chirayu Thakkar

Wind of change: the impact of REPowerEU policy reforms on gas security pp. 614-632

Moniek de Jong

The Arab Gulf states in the Asian energy market: is the Russia-Ukraine war a game changer? pp. 633-652

Li-Chen Sim

Rethinking change in Japan's security policy: punctuated equilibrium theory and Japan's response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine pp. 653-676

Paul O’Shea and Sebastian Maslow

Volume 45, issue 2, 2024

The politics of complaint: a review of the literature on grievance redress mechanisms in the global South pp. 139-158

Naomi Hossain, Anuradha Joshi and Suchi Pande

Using e-petition data to quantify public concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of England pp. 159-182

Stephen D. Clark and Nik Lomax

Bans, sanctions, and dog-whistles: a review of anti-critical race theory initiatives adopted in the United States since 2020 pp. 183-204

Luiza-Maria Filimon and Mihaela Ivănescu

How do you do, implementation? A Latour-inspired critical approach to implementation pp. 205-222

Neta Sher-Hadar

Demography and the composition of taxes: a political economy theory pp. 223-240

Weijie Luo

“Data, data, data” – post-Brexit data governance and its relation to the UK’s economic model pp. 241-260

Pascal D. König

Volume 45, issue 1, 2024

Punctuated equilibrium and the dynamics of political participation: the case of letter writing pp. 1-20

Daniel Casey

Policy punctuations and agenda diversity in China: a national level analysis from 1980 to 2019 pp. 21-41

Xiaolei Qin and Jing Huang

Policymaking in personalist dictatorships: a theory of outbidding pp. 42-64

Allison C. White

Demanding non-programmatic distribution: evidence from local governments in Chile pp. 65-88

Fabian Belmar, Gonzalo Contreras, Mauricio Morales and Camila Troncoso

The politics of multi-level migration policymaking: a network-centred perspective pp. 89-112

Andrea Pettrachin

Gender-inequitable discrimination? A survey experiment on the gendered implications of unauthorized immigrant narratives pp. 113-138

Yulianna Otero-Asmar, Li-Yin Liu and Yao-Yuan Yeh

Volume 44, issue 6, 2023

Women in government: the limits and challenges of a representative bureaucracy for Afghanistan (2001–2021) pp. 703-727

Parwiz Mosamim and Jean-Patrick Villeneuve

Public trust in citizens’ juries when the people decide on policies: evidence from Switzerland pp. 728-747

Alexander Matthias Geisler

Blood is thicker than water: local favouritism and inter-local collaborative governance pp. 748-766

Puyao Xing and Hua Xing

Ontological contradictions in the UK’s Universal Credit reforms pp. 767-785

Jack Newman

Tax composition and economic growth in the age of demographic change pp. 786-805

Weijie Luo

Does politicized public service appointment strengthen political control over policy advice? The case of Hong Kong, China pp. 806-831

Wei Li

GDPR and the cloud: examining readability deficiencies in cloud computing providers’ privacy policies pp. 832-854

Lei Gao, C. Kevin Eller and Austin F. Eggers

Editorial board pp. 855-855

The Editors

Volume 44, issue 5, 2023

Intermediating climate change: the evolving strategies, interactions and impacts of neglected “climate intermediaries” pp. 555-571

Paul Tobin, Fay Madeleine Farstad and Jale Tosun

The architecture of inter-community partnerships in renewable energy: the role of climate intermediaries pp. 572-588

Avri Eitan and Itay Fischhendler

Faith-based actors as climate intermediaries in Scottish climate policy pp. 589-607

Alice Hague and Elizabeth Bomberg

Presidents and intermediaries: insights from clean energy policy processes in Mexico pp. 608-626

Israel Solorio and Jale Tosun

“The religions are engaging: tick, well done”: the invisibilization and instrumentalization of Muslim climate intermediaries pp. 627-645

Paul Tobin, Nafhesa Ali, Sherilyn MacGregor and Zarina Ahmad

Metagoverning through intermediaries: the role of the Norwegian “Klimasats” Fund in translating national climate goals to local implementation pp. 646-665

Fay M. Farstad, Anders Tønnesen, Ingrid Christensen, Bård Sødal Grasbekk and Kristiane Brudevoll

Intermediating sustainable finance: a case study of The Aotearoa Circle's Sustainable Finance Forum pp. 666-686

David Hall and Tongyu (Melody) Meng

Intermediating climate change: conclusions and new research directions pp. 687-701

Jale Tosun, Paul Tobin and Fay Madeleine Farstad

Volume 44, issue 4, 2023

A realistic approach to policy formulation: the adapted EMMIE framework pp. 433-453

Gonzalo Croci, Gloria Laycock and Spencer Chainey

System dynamics modelling and the use of evidence to inform policymaking pp. 454-472

Eleanor Malbon and Justin Parkhurst

The entanglement of substantive and symbolic politics in immigrant integration: insights from a regional state in Germany pp. 473-495

Maria Schiller and Elina Jonitz

A new cross-country index measuring the heterogenous effects of informal institutions pp. 496-518

Kee Hoon Chung

Revisiting the guns-butter tradeoff: a wavelet analysis of the US and Britain pp. 519-534

Yu Wang

Expert knowledge creation in policy-making: a research perspective from sociological field theory pp. 535-552

Artem Antonyuk, Vera N. Minina and Olga Nikiforova

Correction pp. 553-553

The Editors

Volume 44, issue 3, 2023

Policy capacity: evolving theory and missing links pp. 297-315

Scott Brenton, Erik Baekkeskov and Adam Hannah

Organizational culture typologies and strategy implementation: lessons from Nigerian local government pp. 316-335

Oyegoke Teslim Bukoye and Ayotunde Hakeem Abdulrahman

A black box assessment of institutional quality: the challenge of evaluating lobbying transparency pp. 336-355

Šárka Laboutková and Petr Vymětal

Intellectual entrepreneurs and U.S. International monetary policy change in the early 1970s pp. 356-376

Youn Ki

Can electoral management bodies expand the pool of registered voters? Examining the effects of face-to-face, remote, traditional, and social media outreach pp. 377-407

Thessalia Merivaki and Mara Suttmann-Lea

The politics and policies of sleep? Empirical findings and the policy context pp. 408-430

Lihi Lahat and Itai Sened

Correction pp. 431-431

The Editors

Volume 44, issue 2, 2023

Between opportunities and constraints: right-wing populists as designers of migrant integration policy pp. 155-173

Oliver Gruber and Sieglinde Rosenberger

The challenges in integrating horizontal perspectives in sectoral policy evaluation pp. 174-194

Karolin Sjöö and Anne-Charlott Callerstig

The domestic compliance system and compliance barriers: a UK child rights case study pp. 195-215

Stacie Gray

What if? Using counterfactuals to evaluate the effects of structural labour market reforms: evidence from the Italian Jobs Act pp. 216-235

Marco Giuliani and Ilaria Madama

Religious and ethnic identities influence on public views of privatization: the case of Israel pp. 236-257

Baruch Levi and Amos Zehavi

Investigating the policy tools of spatial planning pp. 258-275

Stefanie Dühr

A Pragmatist Constructivism Framework (PCF) to understand the undetermined policy process: three policy solutions for shale gas problem pp. 276-296

Sébastien Chailleux and Philippe Zittoun

Volume 44, issue 1, 2023

Policy transfer during the COVID era pp. 1-3

Toby S. James

Policy transfer across governance systems: an adapted approach pp. 4-25

Anna Hulicka, Patrick Lucas and Lisa Carson

Regulatory transfer in transitioning economies: responses to corruption and weak state institutions pp. 26-45

Christopher Walker

Policy styles and political trust in Europe’s national responses to the COVID-19 crisis pp. 46-67

Nikolaos Zahariadis, Evangelia Petridou, Theofanis Exadaktylos and Jörgen Sparf

Presidential policy narratives and the (mis)use of scientific expertise: Covid-19 policy responses in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico pp. 68-89

Alketa Peci, Camilo Ignacio González and Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna

Disproportionate policy dynamics in crisis and uncertainty: an international comparative analysis of policy responses to COVID-19 pp. 90-111

Saahir Shafi and Daniel J. Mallinson

COVID-19 counterfactual evidence. Estimating the effects of school closures pp. 112-131

Marco Giuliani

COVID-19 contact tracing apps and the governance of collective action: social nudges, deliberation, and solidarity in Europe and beyond pp. 132-153

Katerina Sideri and Barbara Prainsack