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Citizen policy entrepreneurship in UK local government climate emergency declarations
Review of Policy Research, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 950-971, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Policy entrepreneurship theory seeks to explain how actors, institutions, actions and interactions influence policy makers and policy outcomes; however, the role of citizens in this process remains largely unarticulated. Adopting a conception of policy entrepreneurship as a (distributed) pattern of agency rather than the actions of an ...
Calum Harvey‐Scholes +3 more
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Measuring climate change adaptation policy output: Toward a two‐dimensional approach
Review of Policy Research, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1058-1092, November 2023., 2023 Abstract As jurisdictions across the globe step up their efforts to adapt to climate change, it is important to assess progress by taking stock of and comparing adaptation policy. However, scholars and practitioners are struggling to conceptualize and measure adaptation policy.
Kai Schulze, Jonas J. Schoenefeld
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Data practices in quality evaluation and assessment: Two universities at a glance
Higher Education Quarterly, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 7-26, January 2023., 2023 Abstract As the debate on data in the society and in education grows the attention on data‐trace as ‘primary material’ for governance, educational quality and innovation falls under the spotlights. In this context, HEIs have been put under pressure to adopt quantitative metrics and evaluation approaches enhancing the massive collection of trace data ...
Juliana E. Raffaghelli +2 more
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Helsinki in Zion: Hospital ethics committees and political gatekeeping in Israel/Palestine
American Anthropologist, Volume 124, Issue 4, Page 688-702, December 2022., 2022 Abstract This article looks at six months of the author's repeated attempts to obtain the approval of three Helsinki Committees (HCs, Israeli hospitals’ research ethics committees) to conduct ethnographic research with Palestinian physicians in Israeli hospitals.
Guy Shalev
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Asian Politics &Policy, Volume 18, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT To complement the emergent inquiry into the threats and opportunities that new technologies pose to political institutions and behavior, this study draws on the emergent scholarly literature on Digital Authoritarianism to shed light on the factors leading to Hong Kong's newly acquired penchant for adopting the digital and information ...
Kenneth Ka‐Lok Chan
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World Affairs, Volume 189, Issue 2, Summer 2026.ABSTRACT The study examines the moderating effect of governance quality on the relationship between lack of access to energy and gender inequality. Drawing on data from 35 sub‐Saharan African countries, the results obtained using fixed‐effects instrumental variables show that the worsening of gender inequality stems from a lack of access to energy ...
Sabine Nadine Ekamena Ntsama +2 more
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Policymaking for Emigrants in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Mixed‐Methods Study
Latin American Policy, Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT While scholars have identified models of political emigrant policies across countries, we still lack an understanding of how these models come about and persist. Using a sequential mixed‐methods approach—including quantitative analysis of policy mixes in 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries and a comparative case study of Colombia and ...
Luicy Pedroza, Pau Palop‐García
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Politics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 1, February 2026.ABSTRACT Academic freedom is widely regarded as a cornerstone of democratic society, yet its public legitimacy remains contested. This article examined how citizens in two democracies (Japan and the United Kingdom) understand and evaluate academic freedom across different issue domains.
Steven David Pickering +2 more
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African Sovereignty: Constructing Institutional and Structural Changes in the International System
World Affairs, Volume 189, Issue 1, Spring 2026.ABSTRACT Can international organizations (IOs) possess sovereignty like modern states? How can IOs obtain sovereignty? Can IOs supersede states as dominant political structures in the world system? Studies on conflicts of sovereignty in Europe conclude that the European Union lacks sovereign status and cannot supplant European states as the dominant ...
Obinna F. Ifediora
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RETRACTED: The Growing Tide of Antiscience Sentiment: A Global Concern
World Medical &Health Policy, Volume 17, Issue 3, Page 529-537, September 2025.ABSTRACT The growing tide of antiscience sentiment represents a critical global challenge, with particularly visible manifestations in the United States. This viewpoint examines how the rejection of scientific consensus threatens academic institutions, public health, and technological progress worldwide.
Thorsten Rudroff
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