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Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change
European Policy Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 2, Spring 2026.ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
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The Legalist Paradigm in Moral and Political Thought
Constellations, EarlyView.
Jamie Mayerfeld
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Brazil's Public Administration and the Challenge of New Democracies: Promoting Social Inclusion
Public Administration Review, Volume 86, Issue 2, Page 548-563, March/April 2026.ABSTRACT Brazil's public administration (PA) has sought to strengthen democratic governance through an emphasis on social inclusion. Since democratization in 1988, reforms have aimed to address entrenched inequalities along with decentralization and professionalism spurring innovations in social inclusion.
Evan M. Berman +7 more
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The Ancient Chinese Severe Punishment View ——Begin With the Pre-Qin Period Legalists' Severe Punishment Thoughts [PDF]
, 2013 中国古代先秦时期正处于小农经济社会，这种社会类型中的国家往往集权观念发达，社会治理手段普遍具有重刑倾向。在如此背景下，先秦法家从“人性恶”假设出发认为只有加重刑罚才能约束人的恶性，引导被统治者的行为取向，加之他们奉行君权至上和国家本位，推行重刑思想便成为其理论体系中应有之义。先秦法家的重刑思想主要有一断于法、轻罪重罚、刑多赏少、以刑去刑等四个内容，它们之间具有内在逻辑关联。这些观点或者说措施在当时社会某种程度上确实起到维护专制统治的作用，成为进行集权统治不可或缺的工具。因此 ...
吴晓丽
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Corelates of Legalism in a Global Sample of Seventh-day Adventists [PDF]
, 2022 The Seventh-day Adventist Church is often identified as a strict church (Iannaccone, 1994; Chen et al., 2019; McBride et al., 2020) in that it has specific dietary and behavioral requirements for joining and continued membership. These include abstinence
Bailey, Karl G. D. +4 more
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Religion and Official Politics in Contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 2, March/April 2026.ABSTRACT With increasing discussions on political deification and the official references to traditional religions in the People's Republic of China (PRC), recent debates on the PRC's alleged infiltration over Taiwan elections through the goddess Mazu, and the post‐Handover government's emphasis on filiality to China in Hong Kong, it is high time to ...
Ting Guo
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Brokering Peace: Emerging Middle Powers, Agency and Mediation
Global Policy, Volume 17, Issue S1, Page S33-S44, February 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the role of mediation in emerging middle power conduct in an increasingly fragmented world. It asks why and how emerging middle powers seek mediator roles in international conflicts, focusing on Turkey and Indonesia's responses to the Russia–Ukraine war.
Buğra Süsler, Chris Alden
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Governance, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Government officials are key actors in managing processes of institutional design and reorganization in increasingly emergent and diversified public structures. This study expands on a framework for assessing the predictive strength of key legitimacy dimensions on officials' governance preferences.
Stefan Sjöblom
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FIU Law ReviewThis article explores the scholarly footprint of Professor Megan Fairlie. This is a footprint of 'legalist realism'. Professor Fairlie was greatly concerned with legalism, in other words, the centrality of due process, the rights of the defendant, and human dignity in trials of individuals accused of the most heinous crimes.
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Reconceptualising the Brussels Effect
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 100-124, January 2026.Abstract The Brussels effect has become a major tool for analysing the global exemplary impact of the European Union (EU) rules in academia and policy‐making. It is entering uncharted territory. Heightened corporate lobbying and third‐country influence test the EU's regulatory capacity and the stringency of its standards while shifting political tides ...
Matti Ylönen
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