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Capacity‐Learning Paradox: How Hong Kong and Singapore's Crisis Responses Shape and Are Shaped by Policy Capacities

Review of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the paradoxical relationship between policy learning and capacity: governments need certain capacities to learn effectively, yet these same capacities often emerge from previous learning experiences. Through a comparative analysis of Hong Kong and Singapore's responses to SARS and COVID‐19, we demonstrate how policy ...
Shubham Sharma, Xun Wu, Gleb Papyshev
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Academic Freedom as a Contested Public Good: Ideology, Trust and Public Attitudes in the UK and Japan

Politics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Academic freedom is widely regarded as a cornerstone of democratic society, yet its public legitimacy remains contested. This article examined how citizens in two democracies (Japan and the United Kingdom) understand and evaluate academic freedom across different issue domains.
Steven David Pickering, Martin Ejnar Hansen, Yosuke Sunahara   +2 more
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Evidence‐Based Policymaking and Spatial Planning. Factors of Evidence Utilization

Review of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role and usability of expert‐generated evidence in democratic policymaking, with spatial planning as a case study. Drawing on the literature on evidence‐based policymaking in political science and planning, and employing the CRELE and ACTA frameworks with a critical realist approach, the study analyses the ...
Martino Mazzoleni, Matilde Zubani
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Video Assistant Referee(ndums): A Populist Weapon or Effective Tool to Stop Autocrats in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America?

Latin American Policy, Volume 16, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT In recent years, video assistant referee systems have been increasingly used to correct unfair decisions in sports. Similarly, I argue that constitutional referendums play a corrective role in hybrid or competitive authoritarian regimes, where the electoral referee is biased and the government enjoys unfair advantages.
Muhammet Derviş Mete
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Sociedad civil y políticas de rendición de cuentas

Perfiles Latinoamericanos, 2006
La influencia de la sociedad civil sobre la rendición de cuentas pública se reconoce ampliamente. Sin embargo, los patrones específicos y los mecanismos causales de su impacto no han sido suficientemente determinados.
Jonathan Fox
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Bipartisan Failures: How Political Agendas Undermine Core Ethical Principles in Emergency Management

Politics &Policy, Volume 53, Issue 6, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how political agendas across the ideological spectrum compromise ethical principles in emergency management in the United States. Through a literature review and comparative fact‐based scenario analysis, it demonstrates that both conservative and liberal governments have politicized disaster declarations, resource ...
Erik Xavier Wood
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Rol del agente y estructuras de rendición de cuentas en programas sociales mexicanos. El caso del programa 3x1 en Zacatecas [PDF]

Revista Chilena de Derecho y Ciencia Política, 2013
Se revisaron algunos de los cambios en la estructura actual de las instituciones estatales de rendición de cuentas impulsados por las organizaciones de migrantes zacatecanos en Estados Unidos de América con el objetivo de clarificar sus efectos en las ...
José González Hernández, Guadalupe González Hernández   +1 more
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Deconstructing Policy Evaluation in the Global South: Historical, Political, and Transnational Influences

Politics &Policy, Volume 53, Issue 5, October 2025.
ABSTRACT Policy evaluation is crucial for effective governance and development in the Global South, yet its institutionalization is shaped by a complex interplay of historical, political, and transnational factors. This study examines how colonial legacies, domestic political dynamics, and external influences converge to influence policy evaluation ...
Anis Ben Brik
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Populism and the Prosecution of Former Democratic Leaders

Politics &Policy, Volume 53, Issue 5, October 2025.
ABSTRACT The rise of populist leaders to power in recent decades has prompted a growing literature on the impacts of populist rule, especially in democracies. Research addressing the effects on key democratic institutions finds the result to be predominantly negative: populist rule undermines several key mechanisms of accountability.
Donna Bahry, Young Hun Kim
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Exploring Social Media Purposes and Strategic Approaches Among US Municipalities

Policy &Internet, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Social media represents a strategic tool for governments to disseminate information, build relationships, and achieve outcomes consistent with stated political, social, and administrative missions. As a digital ecosystem, social media is an essential part of any modern communication strategy, though there is little research into the purposes ...
Jeffrey A. Stone
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