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

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
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
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Policy Narratives and Empowerment: Implementation of the Swedish National Violence Prevention Program

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
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

Implementation Punctuation: The Role of Feedback, Narratives, and Implementation in the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET) and implementation research, this study proposes an extended conceptualization of policy punctuation that enables researchers to systematically include policy implementation as part of a punctuation. The key mechanisms underlying the PET, i.e., policy image and venue, information processing, and
Bettina Stauffer
wiley   +1 more source

La difíciles relaciones de España con Cuba. El caso de España en la Posición Común de la Unión Europea

Tiempo Devorado, 2018
Nuestro objetivo en este trabajo es analizar la política exterior española hacia Cuba, haciendo hincapié en un aspecto concreto: el de la influencia española en la evolución de la Posición Común que la Unión Europea (UE) establecía en sus relaciones con
Adela María Alija Garabito
doaj  

Gender Dimensions of Support for Local Policy: Resident, Policymaker, and Policy Gender

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is a well‐established triadic relationship between satisfaction with public services, trust in leaders, and policy support in developed democracies. This study takes a novel approach by considering how gender is associated with the strength and direction of these connections, an element underexplored in the literature.
Aliza Forman‐Rabinovici, Itai Beeri
wiley   +1 more source

What Drives Forum Rule Adaptation: Investigating the Influence of the Forum Founder and Polycentric Governance Linkages in Dutch Strategic Spatial Planning

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Forums play an important role in addressing interdependent policy issues, and their effectiveness depends on the continuous adaptation of forum rules. Yet, it remains unclear whether rules are exclusively used and adapted to improve forum effectiveness.
Ingo Bousema, Ward Rauws, Tim Busscher, Wim Leendertse   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

La política exterior de América Latina hacia Siria y Líbano frente a los nuevos escenarios regionales

Araucaria, 2012
La actual política exterior de los países latinoamericanos hacia Siria y Líbano responde a condicionantes regionales y a los cambios político-económicos donde el rol de EE.UU. como potencia hegemónica en la región está en declive.
Fernando Bazán
doaj  

Emotion and the Advocacy Coalition Framework: An Affective Dynamics Perspective

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive evidence that emotion and cognition are deeply intertwined, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) lacks an analytically independent emotional mechanism in its causal architecture—an omission that may be particularly consequential in policy subsystems structured around morally charged, identity‐laden policy disputes.
Moshe Maor
wiley   +1 more source

There Is Always a Bigger Fish. Determinants of Power Perceptions in Swiss Biodiversity Policy

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) views power as crucial in policy processes, but the nature of coalition power, its determinants, and how to empirically measure it remain understudied. In this article, we use a mixed method approach and social network analysis to explore power relationships in the biodiversity policy subsystem in ...
Alix d'Agostino, Jascha Egli, Daniel Kübler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compliance in Regulatory Gray Areas: The Case of the Organic Seed Standard

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adaptive regulations, designed to balance flexibility with accountability, can embed provisions that unintentionally leave room for firms to shirk on their responsibilities by exploiting flexibility. We call these provisions “regulatory gray areas,” and ask: how should we understand (non‐)compliance in adaptive regulatory settings?
Liza Wood, Jared Zystro, Kristina Hubbard, Francesca Pia Vantaggiato   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source