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

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
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, Wiebke Marie Junk, Michele Crepaz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
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

Expression of IFN-γ, TNF-α and Interleukins in the Nasopharyngeal Cells and Mononuclear Cells of Mexican Patients with Influenza or SARS-CoV-2

COVID
Respiratory viral infections such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 induce complex immune responses characterized by dysregulated cytokine production, which may influence disease severity and lead to post-infection immunometabolic alterations.
María F. González-Delgado, Alberto González-Zamora, José J. Alba-Romero, Edgar H. Olivas-Calderón, Rebeca Pérez-Morales   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Legislating Uncertainty: Election Policies and the Amplification of Misinformation

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Can state election policies affect the spread of misinformation? This paper studies the role played by ballot processing policies, which determine when ballots can be examined and organized, in the online spread of political misinformation. We present evidence from the 2020 U.S.
Morgan Wack, Joseph S. Schafer, Ian Kennedy, Anna Beers, Emma S. Spiro, Kate Starbird   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Criminalization Policies Impact Local Homelessness?

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Local criminalization policies draw on the logic of deterrence to levy costs on individuals who engage in behaviors that are closely associated with various public concerns, such as those criminalizing behaviors associated with homelessness, thereby potentially reducing community‐level costs.
Hannah Lebovits, Andrew Sullivan
wiley   +1 more source

Marketization in Public Purchasing as a Route to Business Corporations' Institutional Power: The Case of Outsourcing Social Services in Israel

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT What are the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power? This paper argues that institutional power is affected by the architecture of the “acquisition regime”—the set of formal (and informal) rules that govern how states purchase public services.
Reut Marciano, Shir Gal
wiley   +1 more source

(La) Argentina y sus nombres

Filología, 2016
El general rechazo del artículo delante del nombre propio deriva de sus propiedades referenciales y gramaticales. Sin embargo, en algunas variedades dialectales y sociolectales del español es frecuente la presencia de un artículo expletivo tanto con ...
Ángela L. Di Tullio
doaj  

Policy Narratives and Empowerment: Implementation of the Swedish National Violence Prevention Program

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Emotion and the Advocacy Coalition Framework: An Affective Dynamics Perspective

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive evidence that emotion and cognition are deeply intertwined, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) lacks an analytically independent emotional mechanism in its causal architecture—an omission that may be particularly consequential in policy subsystems structured around morally charged, identity‐laden policy disputes.
Moshe Maor
wiley   +1 more source

Rhetorical Diffusion and Policy Latency: Tracing AIPAC Influence in US–Iran Relations (2010–2026)

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT How do domestic interest groups shape the transition from diplomatic agreements to kinetic warfare? This research article addresses the methodological stagnation in foreign policy analysis by introducing a computational text‐as‐data pipeline to systematically quantify lobbying influence.
Bülent Aras
wiley   +1 more source