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Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
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

Procedural Justice in Environmental Decision Making: An Analysis of Public Participation Language in State Level Cumulative Impact Legislation. [PDF]

Environ Justice
Schulz AJ, Rempel Fisher GM, Nadeem A, Savoie K, Israel BA, Landrum T, Stanley E, Sampson N.   +7 more
europepmc   +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

Does Local Area Social Mobility Affect Political Alienation? [PDF]

Polit Stud (Oxf)
McNeil A, Sturgis P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Democratic Values in Citizen Participation: What Citizens Prioritize in Participation

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Citizen participation is often initiated to strengthen democracy. While participatory innovations are typically assessed through normative frameworks emphasizing democratic values, little is known about which of these values are prioritized by citizens.
Take Sipma, Frank Hendriks
wiley   +1 more source

EUPopLink Country Report - Italy. [PDF]

Open Res Eur
Lorimer M.
europepmc   +1 more source

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, Alexa Lenz, Vanessa Millich, Christoph Knill, Yves Steinebach, Clara Fochler, Annika Kolbe   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Good Society (and how we make it). [PDF]

J Epidemiol Community Health
Pickett KE.
europepmc   +1 more source

Fittingness and Bioethics

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
wiley   +1 more source

Braking and Exiting: Referendum Games, European Integration and the Road to the UK's Brexit Vote. [PDF]

Polit Stud Rev
Ganderson J, Kyriazi A.
europepmc   +1 more source