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Scientists in power plays: How substantive were scientists' narratives during the COVID‐19 pandemic?

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Structural lobbying power? An exploration of patterns in preference attainment at varying levels of lobbying activity

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Studies of lobbying typically look at the extent to which interest groups realize political goals on issues they actively lobby for. Little is known, however, about the extent to which interest groups attain their political goals without making an active lobbying effort.
Marcel Hanegraaff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Narrative power in the narrative policy framework

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The Narrative Policy Framework lacks clear and empirical explanations of power. Yet, the study of narratives is inherently the study of power in shaping policy outputs and decisions. We develop a conceptual model positing that expressions of power (power to, with, and over) may be discovered in narrative constructs (e.g., narrative structure ...
Elizabeth A. Shanahan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legislating Uncertainty: Election Policies and the Amplification of Misinformation

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can state election policies affect the spread of misinformation? This paper studies the role played by ballot processing policies, which determine when ballots can be examined and organized, in the online spread of political misinformation. We present evidence from the 2020 U.S.
Morgan Wack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Criminalization Policies Impact Local Homelessness?

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local criminalization policies draw on the logic of deterrence to levy costs on individuals who engage in behaviors that are closely associated with various public concerns, such as those criminalizing behaviors associated with homelessness, thereby potentially reducing community‐level costs.
Hannah Lebovits, Andrew Sullivan
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Dimensions of Support for Local Policy: Resident, Policymaker, and Policy Gender

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is a well‐established triadic relationship between satisfaction with public services, trust in leaders, and policy support in developed democracies. This study takes a novel approach by considering how gender is associated with the strength and direction of these connections, an element underexplored in the literature.
Aliza Forman‐Rabinovici, Itai Beeri
wiley   +1 more source

Emotion and the Advocacy Coalition Framework: An Affective Dynamics Perspective

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive evidence that emotion and cognition are deeply intertwined, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) lacks an analytically independent emotional mechanism in its causal architecture—an omission that may be particularly consequential in policy subsystems structured around morally charged, identity‐laden policy disputes.
Moshe Maor
wiley   +1 more source

Compliance in Regulatory Gray Areas: The Case of the Organic Seed Standard

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adaptive regulations, designed to balance flexibility with accountability, can embed provisions that unintentionally leave room for firms to shirk on their responsibilities by exploiting flexibility. We call these provisions “regulatory gray areas,” and ask: how should we understand (non‐)compliance in adaptive regulatory settings?
Liza Wood   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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