Powerful representation of the poor? German welfare associations' narrative advocacy during COVID‐19
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic sparked unprecedented experimentation in the German social assistance system, leading to changes previously considered impracticable by policymakers. This included a sanctions moratorium, easier access to benefits, and temporary cash transfers, all of which were advocated by welfare associations—key organized interests ...
Christopher Smith Ochoa
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Knowledge-based clinical decision support system for the automated classification of anemia in hemodialysis patients [PDF]
Tenorio S +4 more
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ABSTRACT Why did Australia go from the White Australia Policy, which excluded non‐whites, to institutionalizing multiculturalism policy in the 1970s? This question defies traditional political ideologies of the major political parties, which had long supported the White Australia Policy. This article is a rare empirical demonstration of the Five‐Thread
Julius C. S. Mok
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ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on policy diffusion, the ways in which policy attention influences this process remain underexplored. This study addressed this gap by distinguishing between three types of policy attention—political speeches, policy issuance and field visits—and investigating their differential impacts when delivered by central and ...
Xiangning Chen, Yahua Wang
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The Inclusion Trade‐Off: Comparing the Design and Functionality of Collaborative Governance Forums
ABSTRACT Environmental challenges require collaboration across jurisdictions, often through forums or intermediary spaces for repeated interaction. A persistent forum design question concerns inclusion criteria, or which actors should be included.
Adam Wiechman +3 more
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Unpacking Welfare Deservingness Theory: Evidence From the Perceived Deservingness of Gig Workers
ABSTRACT The theory of welfare deservingness provides valuable insights into the social legitimacy of welfare programs and the principles underlying policy design. In examining the question of who deserves what and why, established deservingness criteria emphasize that individuals demonstrating motivation to work (“reciprocity”) are typically perceived
Juhyun Bae
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Cross-country analysis of health systems and hospital utilization across the Amazon. [PDF]
Castro Vargas S, Goyeneche L, Bauhoff S.
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Emotion and the Advocacy Coalition Framework: An Affective Dynamics Perspective
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
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[Health disparities and legislative determinants in Latin America: Multivariate comparative analysis of life expectancy, infant mortality, and immunization in Chile, Colombia, and Honduras (2011-2019)]. [PDF]
Estupiñan Ruiz CA +2 more
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