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Locomotion difficulty and need for home care: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

open access: yesRev Saude Publica
Linhares RDS   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Marketization in Public Purchasing as a Route to Business Corporations' Institutional Power: The Case of Outsourcing Social Services in Israel

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT What are the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power? This paper argues that institutional power is affected by the architecture of the “acquisition regime”—the set of formal (and informal) rules that govern how states purchase public services.
Reut Marciano, Shir Gal
wiley   +1 more source

Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Research on unequal responsiveness has shown that policies tend to align more closely with the preferences of high‐income citizens than low‐income citizens. Using comparative data on opinions and policies, we suggest that this inequality primarily results from status quo bias; asymmetric blocking power drives unequal congruence rather than ...
Mikael Persson, Anders Sundell
wiley   +1 more source

[Health care ethics in primary care: Building spaces for reflection]. [PDF]

open access: yesAten Primaria
Busquet-Duran X   +3 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

Seed encapsulation improves early recruitment in seed‐based restoration: Evidence from partitioned germination outcomes in a temperate forest

open access: yesEcological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 3, July–September 2026.
Capsules in the forest: using unmanned aerial vehicle deployment, we tested pelleted capsules and engineered pods in greenhouse and field trials. Pods improved early field establishment compared with pelleted capsules, while predation remained a major limit to final survival.
Ghassen Chaieb, Lauchlan H. Fraser
wiley   +1 more source

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