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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

Matchmaking: a meta‐analysis of plant growth‐promoting microbial partnerships driving tree seedling performance in the Atlantic Forest biome

Restoration Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 4, May 2026.
Abstract Introduction The Brazilian Atlantic Forest (BAF) is a biodiversity hotspot, and inoculating native seedlings with plant growth‐promoting microorganisms (PGPMs) may enhance seedling vigor for forest restoration. Objectives We performed a meta‐analysis to evaluate the effects of PGPMs on BAF seedlings and identify strategies to optimize ...
Yanka R. Kondo, Pedro M. Antunes, Alexandre Siminski, Glaciela Kaschuk   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Dejudicialization of the German Federal Bureaucracy: An Organizational Perspective on Policy‐Related Knowledge

Review of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Using data from a long‐term survey of senior civil servants (1970–2021), this study investigates the declining share of jurists in federal ministerial departments in Germany. The mechanisms driving this trend and its subsequent effects are discussed from an organizational perspective, highlighting the influence of environmental pressure and ...
Marian Döhler
wiley   +1 more source

Information Processing and Changes to Local Governments' Practices Amid Intensifying Environmental Hazards

Review of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Information processing is a fundamental part of policy making and is all the more critical in modern policy making environments characterized by information abundance. Using Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET) as a lens, this study investigates how city governments process and apply externally generated knowledge to address environmental ...
Rachel M. Krause, Le Anh Nguyen Long, S. Mohsen Fatemi, Gwen Arnold, Sara Ludwick   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emotions and policy change in the wake of political scandals: How did the Qatargate shake the European Parliament?

European Policy Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 1, Winter 2026.
Abstract While there is an increasing interest in the role of emotions in policy studies, not much is known about how emotions unfold in one of the most emotional situations that can be encountered in politics: political scandals. To investigate how the discursive articulation of emotions shapes the policy responses to political misconduct from a ...
Rosa Sanchez Salgado, Seda Gürkan
wiley   +1 more source

Non‐State Regulators? Civil Society as Extension of the State in a Context of a Regularization Scheme for Undocumented Migrants

European Policy Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 1, Winter 2026.
ABSTRACT “Opération Papyrus” was implemented in the Swiss Canton of Geneva between 2017 and 2018 with the aim of granting residence permits to undocumented migrants who met pre‐established criteria. This program serves as an exemplary case of involving nongovernmental actors to facilitate what were originally state‐controlled procedures.
Jan‐Erik Refle, Adela Sanela Elezovic, Claudine Burton‐Jeangros, Yves Jackson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy Entrepreneurs and the Design of Administrative Reform: A Conceptual Framework and the Israeli Case

European Policy Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 1, Winter 2026.
ABSTRACT What is the role of policy entrepreneurs in promoting the design of public administrative reform? We present a conceptual framework for assessing the influence of policy entrepreneurs on public administrative reform. We start by proposing a typology of the various policy entrepreneurs active in the administrative reform arena.
Nissim Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

Confronting policy myopia: Short‐term government policy and information seeking behaviors in rural Thailand

Review of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract Short‐term policy (STP) has attracted considerable attention as a form of time‐related public policy and is typically used to solve urgent problems. The objective of this study, which considers STP as policy myopia from an information science perspective, is to discuss the challenges encountered during the STP policymaking process and their ...
Prasongchai Setthasuravich, Hironori Kato   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deciding who decides: Trust and support for elected official, expert, and citizen decision‐making regarding nuclear waste management

Review of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract Many policy issues, such as nuclear waste management, are complex and require expertise to address. In many such policy areas, decisions are made by elected officials with input largely from experts and not the public or other stakeholders. However, such top‐down approaches can create mistrust and political opposition.
Matthew C. Nowlin, Chris Anderson, Justin Reedy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Ambitious Goals Call for Stringent Policy? The Stringency, Target Sectors, and Measures of Finland's Climate and Energy Policy in Response to EU Greenhouse Gas Emission Targets

Review of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how the climate and energy policy in Finland changed between the two parliamentary terms of 2015–2019 and 2019–2023, when the EU tightened its greenhouse gas emission targets. We analyze the relevant policy measures (N = 223) of five government strategic plans and evaluate their stringency, i.e., their compulsory and ...
Markku Juha Kinnunen
wiley   +1 more source