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

open access: yesPolicy 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

Narrative power in the narrative policy framework

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
Abstract The Narrative Policy Framework lacks clear and empirical explanations of power. Yet, the study of narratives is inherently the study of power in shaping policy outputs and decisions. We develop a conceptual model positing that expressions of power (power to, with, and over) may be discovered in narrative constructs (e.g., narrative structure ...
Elizabeth A. Shanahan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Different Patterns of Policy Attention Drive Policy Diffusion: Evidence From China's River Chief System

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on policy diffusion, the ways in which policy attention influences this process remain underexplored. This study addressed this gap by distinguishing between three types of policy attention—political speeches, policy issuance and field visits—and investigating their differential impacts when delivered by central and ...
Xiangning Chen, Yahua Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among incarcerated men in Prison Complex: a cross-sectional study, Santa Catarina, 2023-2024. [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiol Serv Saude
Farias AF   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

open access: yesPolicy 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

Imagined Integration: The Logics of Japanese Immigrant Integration Policy

open access: yesPolicy 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
wiley   +1 more source

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