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Regional News, Regional Bias? Evidence From Media Discourses and Welfare Decisions in Germany
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do media representations of immigrants shape their treatment by street‐level bureaucrats? Despite a uniform federal legal framework, decision‐making varies substantially across local welfare offices. Though prior research links national news reporting and policy implementation, little is known about how regional variation in news reporting
Stefanie Rueß
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Pollution and Haunted Eco‐Histories: Silent Hill and Silent Horrors in Centralia, Pennsylvania
Popular Culture Review, Volume 37, Issue 2, December 2026.ABSTRACT Centralia is a former mining town and borough in Northeastern Pennsylvania, whose population has been steadily declining since the Mine Fire of 1962—a fire that still burns today. The “horrors” of living in Centralia are reflected in horror media set in postindustrial mining towns like Silent Hill.
Maz Jardon
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Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.Abstract Procedural, distributional, recognitional, and epistemic justice aspects of conservation interventions are well documented in contexts where pastoralism is a key livelihood and way of life. Geospatial analyses and representations of wildlife conservation and restoration that are increasingly applied in pastoralist rangeland socioecological ...
Ryan R. Unks
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Assessing differences among elasmobranch nurseries to aid conservation based on a genomics framework
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.Abstract Elasmobranch nurseries often differ in environmental conditions, demographics, and use patterns. These differences affect the distribution of genetic variation among nurseries. However, conservation and management strategies often fail to account for such differences because they are difficult to characterize.
Dominic G. Swift +8 more
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Representaciones sociales de las relaciones sexuales y sífilis en población transgénero
Cultura de los Cuidados, 2020 En Colombia hay muy pocos estudios que reflejen la situación actual de la sífilis en la población transgénero, pero queda en evidencia que existe una alta relación de esta enfermedad con las prácticas sexuales que ejercen.
Puerto Lozano, Marcela Ivonne +3 more
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Scientists in power plays: How substantive were scientists' narratives during the COVID‐19 pandemic?
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.Abstract Scientists who provide expert advice must engage with policy processes. Little is known about whether and how scientists deal with the political dynamics of policy processes that are inherent to policymaking. We study this question by building on the policy dimension concept within the Narrative Policy Framework.
Jule Ksinsik, Caroline Schlaufer
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Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.Abstract We examine whether and how public participation in policymaking contributes towards fostering stakeholder support for policy proposals formulated in the bureaucratic arena. We explain how key markers of procedural fairness describing both the participation process and policymakers' presentations of it during the decision justification stage co‐
Adriana Bunea, Idunn Nørbech
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Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in Policy Congruence
Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.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
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Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.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
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Infancia y representaciones sociales Infancia y representaciones sociales
Política y Sociedad, 2006 Se presenta un análisis y revisión de los elementos constituyentes de las representaciones sociales mayoritariamente compartidas acerca de la infancia en la sociedad occidental, como contribución a una mayor comprensión de los procesos de construcción de
Ferrán Casas
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