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Using Cultural Theory to Specify the Policy Actors, Belief Systems, and Sources of Coalition, Conflict, Stability, and Change in Policy Advocacy Coalitions and Environmental Resource Policies

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We use grid‐group cultural theory (CT) to specify underspecified aspects of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). Our theoretical synthesis of CT and the ACF provides, first, an exhaustive typology of policy actors and their cultural cognitive biases that entail, guide, and constrain policy core beliefs about problem definitions and ...
Metodi Sotirov, Brendon Swedlow
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Policy Narratives and Empowerment: Implementation of the Swedish National Violence Prevention Program

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) begins to unpack issues of power and narratives, the main focus has been on power‐over and domination rather than more transformative notions of power‐to and empowerment. This article draws on insights from gender and policy studies and suggests that the NPF benefits from adopting a multifaceted notion ...
Hilda Broqvist
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Issue Attention in Public Opinion Polls: Pollsters as Agenda Responders and Agenda Setters

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Polling organizations, like other policy actors, must prioritize certain issues. We argue that, for normative and financial reasons, pollsters prioritize issues that are viewed as important by other institutions and the public, leading them to focus survey questions on issues that are on congressional and media agendas, and which are public ...
Qian Zhang, Christopher Witko, Peter K. Enns   +2 more
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Democratic Values in Citizen Participation: What Citizens Prioritize in Participation

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Citizen participation is often initiated to strengthen democracy. While participatory innovations are typically assessed through normative frameworks emphasizing democratic values, little is known about which of these values are prioritized by citizens.
Take Sipma, Frank Hendriks
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Focusing Events, Agenda Setting, and Narrative Numbing

Review of Policy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Focusing events are important in understanding policy change, as demonstrated in Birkland's work on agenda setting, the multiple streams framework, and the narrative policy framework. These frameworks emphasize the role of focusing events in drawing public attention to broader issues.
Megan K. Warnement Wrobel, Mark K. McBeth   +1 more
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Narrative formatting, chronotopic orderings, and moralization in ex‐gay stories

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Formatted stories rely on spatiotemporal cues to evoke recognizability through linearity, which prescribes a particular template for meaning‐making. This article examines stories narrated by ex‐gay members of a Christian organization in Singapore and considers how chronotopes within the stories are ordered to regiment ways of feeling for ...
Vincent Pak
wiley   +1 more source

Developing HMME‐Conjugated NIR‐II Activated Carbon Dots Nanospray for the Treatment of MRSA Biofilm Infections in Diabetic Wound via PTT/CDT/SDT

Rare Metals, Volume 45, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Diabetic wound infections are a common complication of diabetes, which severely impact patients' quality of life. Effective treatment of diabetic wound infections remains one major challenge in the clinic, partially due to the formation of bacterial biofilm and antibiotic resistance.
Liang Zhou, Ning Wang, Zumeng Wang, Pingping Zhang, Yuqin Chu, Yingguang Liu, Wen Liu, Chengwu Zhang, Lili Yan   +8 more
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The Conditions for Emissions: Exploring the Dynamics of Carbon Policy Emissions Across the United States

Politics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we investigate the adoption of carbon pricing policies within the U.S. across states. While policymakers have many tools at their disposal, carbon pricing is a policy option that utilizes market theories to curtail harmful effects from emissions through pricing structures.
Travis Wagher, Joshua Mitchell
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Street‐Level Institutional Work: How Social Workers Maintain, Disrupt, and Create the Rules of Social Organizations

European Policy Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 2, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT Research has shown that street‐level workers may shape public policies, yet less is known about the processes through which they attempt to influence institutional arrangements. This gap is particularly evident in corporatist welfare states, where multiple organizations are involved in social policy implementation.
Olivia Mettang
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Balancing Innovation and Control: Public Views on Risks and Governance of AI in Political Communication

Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT With the rise of AI, concerns about its potential for manipulation in political communication have intensified, accompanied by discussions about regulatory measures. Research has explored perceptions of risks and preferences regarding AI use and regulations among the general population, and in fields such as journalism.
Tobias Scherer, Hannah Fecher, Pablo Jost, Simon Kruschinski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source