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European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the context of Europeanisation and neo‐corporatism, we examine the lengthy process of revising the Nondiscrimination Act in Finland, spanning from 2007 to 2023. The focus is on the mandate of the Nondiscrimination Ombudsman in the workplace and on explaining the sudden policy change of strengthening it after a prolonged standstill.
Laura Jauhola, Kati Rantala
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International Journal of Communication, 2019 This study is concerned with the role of persistent online incivility in the dynamics of public opinion polarization. It examines how cyberbalkanization, contentiousness of the political context, online incivility, and opinion polarization at the ...
Francis L.F. Lee +2 more
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Political Polarization Over Factual Beliefs
, 2022 Recent decades have seen increasing levels of political polarization in both the United States and Western Europe. Whereas the literature has commonly distinguished between ideological polarization (i.e., citizens’ overall divergence and partisan alignment in political views) and affective polarization (i.e., citizens’ sympathy towards partisan in ...
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On the Applicability of the Advocacy Coalition Framework for Analyzing EU Policy Processes
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Initially developed for the US context, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is increasingly used to analyze policy processes in the EU. But policymaking in EU differs from the US context, why the applicability of ACF in the EU context should be scrutinized.
Fredrik von Malmborg
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Social Media, Affective Polarization, and Collective Action in Peru
Communication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad)Affective polarization has become a worldwide phenomenon that impacts the ability to engage in meaningful dialogue and reflective consideration of different available courses of action. Social media use has been linked to phenomena such as homophily and
Fernando Ruiz-Dodobara +2 more
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European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article argues that European Union (EU) peacebuilding scholarship can benefit from organizational research on the socio‐spatial dynamics of policy implementation. It introduces a strategic‐relational heuristic to address two key gaps: the marginalization of grassroots agency in spatial analyses and the separation of strategy from ...
Giada Lagana, Sioned Pearce
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European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do governments' discursive credit‐claiming and blame‐deflection strategies shape perceived policy legitimacy in times of crisis? Despite the importance of legitimacy in conflictual times, systematic analyses of officeholders' credit‐claiming and blame‐deflection strategies and their effect on perceived legitimacy are still rare.
Céline Honegger
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Electoral Business Cycles in OECD Countries [PDF]
Studies of OECD countries have generally failed to detect real economic expansions in the pre-election period, casting doubt on the existence of opportunistic political business cycles.
Canes-Wrone, Brandice, Park, Jee-Kwang
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European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to renewed interest in analytical tools that address complex policy problems and move beyond linear‐rational approaches in policy appraisal, Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation (SMCE) integrates participatory approaches with multi‐criteria analysis (MCA), thereby incorporating specialised knowledge and diverse social values and ...
Egle Basyte Ferrari
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Political polarization based on moralized attitudes
Journal of Human Environmental StudiesNumerous studies have been conducted over the past few decades to understand how social and political values contribute to political polarization.
Iori Kasahara, Minoru Karasawa
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