Powerful representation of the poor? German welfare associations' narrative advocacy during COVID‐19
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
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[Functional Outcomes after Surgical Decompression for Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome]. [PDF]
Casares Tamayo MA +4 more
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Emotion and the Advocacy Coalition Framework: An Affective Dynamics Perspective
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
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Thermochemical Evaluation of Banana Peel Biomass for Syngas Production: Thermal and Electrical Energy Production Potential. [PDF]
Santos STO +3 more
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Imagined Integration: The Logics of Japanese Immigrant Integration Policy
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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Rhetorical Diffusion and Policy Latency: Tracing AIPAC Influence in US–Iran Relations (2010–2026)
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
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Power Through Visibility: How Policy Narratives Matter in Climate Change Debate on X
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
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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Disparities in functional dependence and population aging in Latin America. [PDF]
García Chanes RE +2 more
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[Environmental medicine and AI, migration, and emerging and reemerging diseases in Mexico]. [PDF]
Rivera-Silva G +2 more
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