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Partisanship, Deservingness, and the Attitudinal Policy Feedback Process for Social Policy
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In an era of identity‐based partisan polarization, we examine whether social policies can still generate positive attitudinal feedback among beneficiaries. Drawing on nationally representative survey data, we demonstrate that partisanship conditions the policy feedback process through divergent perceptions of group deservingness.
Chris Faricy, Christopher Ellis
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Resource Substitution: Local Governments' Issue Attention and Policy Reinvention
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on policy reinvention, where a government modifies rather than replicates policy innovations introduced by other governments, has progressed significantly, but how it is influenced by the government's issue attention has not been thoroughly examined.
Yingxin Zhang, Yixue Yao, Kaifeng Yang
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Designing Integrated Policies for the Twin Transition: Challenges and Tradeoffs
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Democratic governance faces the intertwined imperatives of managing the transformative risks and opportunities of digitalization, particularly stemming from artificial intelligence (AI), while achieving environmental sustainability within planetary boundaries.
Martino Maggetti
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Coalition Breakdown and Subsystem Exit
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Why actors choose to work together (or not) to advance policy has been the central area of inquiry within the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). Existing research has mainly emphasized the pathway towards coalition formation and evolution, underscoring the stable patterns of allies and opponents observable in policy processes over a decade or
Charlie F. Thompson
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Facets of Crises: How Problem Indicators and Public Perceptions Affect Policy Change
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Crises are widely acknowledged as catalysts for policy change. Yet, our understanding of the policy effects of crises remains limited. Why do only some crises lead to major changes, while significant policy changes also occur during seemingly non‐crisis periods?
Constantin Kaplaner +6 more
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Regional News, Regional Bias? Evidence From Media Discourses and Welfare Decisions in Germany
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do media representations of immigrants shape their treatment by street‐level bureaucrats? Despite a uniform federal legal framework, decision‐making varies substantially across local welfare offices. Though prior research links national news reporting and policy implementation, little is known about how regional variation in news reporting
Stefanie Rueß
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Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The examination of policy evolution has important practical implications, but current literature often only evaluates changing policy goals and instruments at the macro‐level, overlooking changes that occur at the more granular, micro‐level of policy text.
Graham Ambrose +1 more
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How Do Policy Narratives Evoke Emotions? An Appraisal‐Theoretic Approach
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on policy narratives acknowledges the crucial role that emotions play within communication and sense‐making. Especially the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has placed emotion at the center of attention and stressed that affect‐imbued stories are key for how individuals make sense of the world and navigate through the policy process ...
Sonja Blum +2 more
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Running With Scissors? Integrating GPT Models Into Public Policy Research
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The integration of large language models (LLMs) into public policy research presents both exciting opportunities and methodological challenges. This research note explores how OpenAI's GPT can be used to semi‐automate the annotation of legislative testimony within the Advocacy Coalition Framework, focusing on emotion‐belief dyads.
Giulia Mariani, Allegra H. Fullerton
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World Food Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, November 2026.ABSTRACT This study explores environmental justice issues in coastal food systems, focusing on conflicts between small‐scale fisheries and the energy sector due to differing goals in managing food and energy sources. It does so by examining the interdependence between institutions, policies, and different types of knowledge; key elements in building ...
Mateus Henrique Amaral +6 more
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