Imagined Integration: The Logics of Japanese Immigrant Integration Policy
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.ABSTRACT As governments develop immigrant integration policies, they draw on and express conceptions about what successful integration looks like—what we call “imagined integration.” Yet this imagination likely displays variation that matters for implementation: integration policymaking is increasingly multilevel as it involves subnational layers of ...
Mariri Niino, William L. Allen
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Corporate Quasi‐Sovereignty: Big Tech and the Politics of Sovereign Authority in the Digital Age
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.ABSTRACT As private technology firms expand their control over critical infrastructures, questions of sovereignty and governance are increasingly displaced from states to corporate actors. Existing scholarship on sovereignty assumes that authority is either monopolized by states or shared through institutionalized public–private arrangements.
Chee Hae Chung, Bryce J. Dietrich
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[Eugenics in the Luso-Brazilian axis: correspondence between Renato Kehl and Mendes Correia]. [PDF]
Hist Cienc Saude ManguinhosGiesbrecht DF.
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The Effects of Policy Success Versus Failure Narratives
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.ABSTRACT While public policies usually have mixed effects, succeeding at some aspects and failing at others, this nuance is often lost in public discourse when political actors like advocacy groups and politicians strategically emphasize either the successes or failures of particular policies.
Sarah Pralle, Emily Thorson
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Persevering with the Family Health Strategy's comprehensive community-based approach. [PDF]
Cad Saude PublicaGiovanella L +5 more
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Power Through Visibility: How Policy Narratives Matter in Climate Change Debate on X
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.ABSTRACT Research on policy narratives has shown that political actors employ certain narrative strategies in their competition for attention. Although we know that actors' narrative strategies coincide with existing power constellations (e.g., government vs. opposition), the ways in which they influence public attention remain largely unknown. In this
Simon Bulian +3 more
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It Does Matter. A New Framework on the Influence of Policy Evaluation
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.ABSTRACT Governments worldwide have invested heavily in policy evaluation, providing many policymakers with a steady stream of evidence into the effectiveness, efficiency, or relevance of policies. Yet, despite these investments, systematic knowledge about the actual influence of policy evaluations remains surprisingly limited.
Pirmin Bundi, Valérie Pattyn
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[The commensurability of public health indicators - and the unresolved question of the incommensurableComensurabilidade de indicadores em saúde pública e o problema em aberto do incomensurável]. [PDF]
Rev Panam Salud PublicaLozano R.
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A Narrative Walks Into a Forum: Bridging the Narrative Policy and Ecology of Games Frameworks
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.ABSTRACT Policy process research has expanded rapidly, yet many frameworks still develop in silos, limiting dialogue and leaving complementary mechanisms underused. In an effort to bridge these silos, we bring together two influential frameworks that have largely developed in parallel: the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) and the Ecology of Games ...
Rachel McGovern +3 more
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