Facets of Crises: How Problem Indicators and Public Perceptions Affect Policy Change
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Crises are widely acknowledged as catalysts for policy change. Yet, our understanding of the policy effects of crises remains limited. Why do only some crises lead to major changes, while significant policy changes also occur during seemingly non‐crisis periods?
Constantin Kaplaner +6 more
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Approaches to a crisis in early pregnancy: an explorative qualitative study of medical students and doctors in training in Ireland, using a story completion model. [PDF]
Sex Reprod Health MattersHiggins M +3 more
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Rethinking Local Choice: Experimental Evidence on Taxpayer Sentiment and Public School Funding
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Taxpayers often have conflicting views on what constitutes fair taxation and how tax revenues should be allocated. We work with Vermont legislators on the policy concern of sentiment in a property tax setting, given the Vermont Supreme Court ruling around the principle of educational equality.
Edward N. Gamble +2 more
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Ratio, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In bioethics, two sorts of normative categories are commonly used. These can be split into two families: the deontic categories, such as ‘right’, ‘ought to’ and ‘requirement’, and the evaluative categories, including ‘good’, ‘bad’, ‘better than’ and ‘the best’. While other normative concepts such as ‘virtue’ and ‘vice’ have also been discussed,
Ronan Ó Maonaile, James Hart
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How (Not) to Break Up: Constituent Power and Alternative Pathways to Scottish Independence. [PDF]
Oxf J Leg StudFasel RN, Stark SW.
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Regulators increasingly rely on public information disclosure to influence organizational behaviors. Prior research is mixed on the effects of information‐based instruments in an environment of abundant online information. The study applies a behavioral perspective to examine how regulatory ratings shape the responses of regulated entities by ...
Panos Panagiotopoulos, Frances Bowen
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Colonial transition as a major mediator of global health transition: lessons from the 2024 New Caledonia crisis. [PDF]
J Glob HealthMoury PH +8 more
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How Can Law Be Robust in the Face of Heightened Societal Turbulence?
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Taking its cue from the growing frequency of disruptive crises, new research argues that crisis‐induced turbulence calls for robust governance based on adaptation and innovation. While law plays a key role in the effort of governments to govern robustly, the robustness of law has received scant regard.
Eva Sørensen +2 more
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How culture shapes choices related to fertility and mortality: Causal evidence at the Swiss language border. [PDF]
Evol Hum SciFaessler L, Lalive R, Efferson C.
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Re‐Imagining Regulatory Governance
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper invites the readers to rethink regulatory governance by examining how trust‐based and rule‐based governance interact. To do this, it uses analytical narratives of three fictional polities: “Trustland”, “Regland”, and “Concordia”. Each polity represents a stylized model of governance: Trustland is anchored in trust‐based governance ...
David Levi‐Faur
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