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Structural lobbying power? An exploration of patterns in preference attainment at varying levels of lobbying activity

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Studies of lobbying typically look at the extent to which interest groups realize political goals on issues they actively lobby for. Little is known, however, about the extent to which interest groups attain their political goals without making an active lobbying effort.
Marcel Hanegraaff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Powerful representation of the poor? German welfare associations' narrative advocacy during COVID‐19

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic sparked unprecedented experimentation in the German social assistance system, leading to changes previously considered impracticable by policymakers. This included a sanctions moratorium, easier access to benefits, and temporary cash transfers, all of which were advocated by welfare associations—key organized interests ...
Christopher Smith Ochoa
wiley   +1 more source

Moralization in Policy Narratives: Insights From the Politics of Climate Change and Public Health

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, we examine the process of moralization—defined as the use of moral values to mobilize support for or against policy proposals. Specifically, we investigate how political parties strategically employ moralization to influence policy processes, varying their approach depending on their political ideology and institutional position.
Simon Schaub, Jale Tosun, Maria Becker
wiley   +1 more source

Who Deserves Scarce Health and Education Resources? How Policy Context Shapes Target Group Deservingness

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The social construction of target populations (SCTP) framework emphasizes the ways in which target populations' levels of political power and deservingness shape the allocation of policy benefits, but less attention has been devoted to the conditions under which the same target population may be considered deserving in one policy context but ...
Elizabeth Bell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political Trust and Aspirations to Influence Social Media During a Crisis: A Longitudinal Study

open access: yesPolicy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigated how political trust shaped citizens' aspirations to influence others on social media during a COVID‐19 pandemic. Using four‐wave longitudinal survey data (2017–2021; N = 2172) collected from 543 citizens in Finland, we first analysed how political trust moderated the temporal development of individuals' aspirations to ...
Aki Koivula   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors That Influenced Coping With COVID‐19 During the Pandemic in Botswana

open access: yesWorld Medical &Health Policy, Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper forms part of the broader Global South study, Personal and Family Coping with COVID‐19 in the Global South, which examines psychosocial and behavioral responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic. In Sub‐Saharan Africa, the pandemic posed significant psychological, social, and economic challenges, with important implications for preparedness ...
Magen Mhaka‐Mutepfa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capacity‐Learning Paradox: How Hong Kong and Singapore's Crisis Responses Shape and Are Shaped by Policy Capacities

open access: yesReview of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the paradoxical relationship between policy learning and capacity: governments need certain capacities to learn effectively, yet these same capacities often emerge from previous learning experiences. Through a comparative analysis of Hong Kong and Singapore's responses to SARS and COVID‐19, we demonstrate how policy ...
Shubham Sharma, Xun Wu, Gleb Papyshev
wiley   +1 more source

Partisan Emotions and Government Trust: Taiwan's COVID‐19 Experience

open access: yesAsian Politics &Policy, Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how political partisanship and emotional responses influenced Taiwanese public trust in government during COVID‐19. Drawing on crisis management and partisan motivated reasoning theories, we conducted a two‐phase survey (N = 2136) examining attitudes toward six significant pandemic events.
Chun‐Chieh Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How to talk about crises? Leaders' narrative strategies during the COVID‐19 vaccination campaign in Italy and France

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 994-1013, November 2025.
Abstract Defined by threat, urgency, and uncertainty, crises produce opportunities for government leaders to exploit and create meaning around their policy decisions in such unstable circumstances. In narrating their preferred policy solutions, one of the tools governments can use is relying on evidence‐based information.
Laura Mastroianni, Stefania Profeti
wiley   +1 more source

2020—2022年长春地区儿童腺病毒肺炎临床特征分析

open access: yesZhongguo shiyan zhenduanxue, 2023
人腺病毒(human adenovirus, HAdV)肺炎(以下简称HAdV肺炎)是儿童社区获得性肺炎中较为严重的类型之一,约占社区获得性肺炎的4%~10%[1]。多发于6个月至5岁儿童,部分患儿临床表现重,肺外并发症多,重症病例易遗留慢性气道和肺疾病,是造成婴幼儿死亡和致残的重要原因之一。有报道在中国一些地区以及新加坡、马来西亚等地均出现了由HAdV感染导致的爆发性疫情[2-4]。为了解现阶段长春地区HAdV肺炎临床特点,
张瑞忠   +3 more
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