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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
wiley   +1 more source

The Diffusion of Local Administrative Innovation: Investigating Municipal Climate Managers in the State of Hessen in Central Germany

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many cities and municipalities aim to address climate change, yet their rigid administrative structures often constrain effective action. Therefore, local authorities must innovate to build administrative capacity and enable work across departmental silos. However, we lack knowledge of how such administrative innovations emerge and become more
Kai Schulze, Jonas J. Schoenefeld, Marco Nicolay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design‐Based Politicization in Non‐Majoritarian Institutions: The Case of the European Commission's Regulatory Scrutiny Board

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Non‐majoritarian institutions are designed to depoliticize policymaking and enhance the credibility of regulatory decisions. Yet many such bodies have become sites of contestation, exposing the limits of technocratic insulation. While research highlights external and behavioral drivers of politicization, the role of institutional design ...
Brigitte Pircher
wiley   +1 more source

Geopolitical Risk and Military Spending: Reassessing Specification and Measurement

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tran and Vo analysed English‐language‐based geopolitical risk (GPR) indices and argued that local GPR dominates global GPR in explaining military spending worldwide. We revisit this claim by addressing limitations in their empirical design and measurement.
Ngoc Duc Lang, Vinh The Nguyen, Nam Thanh Vu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Boosting Fiscal–Occupational Welfare in Italy: ‘Quiet Politics’ and the Irresistible Attractiveness of (Micro‐)Distributive Policies

Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fiscal–occupational welfare is becoming an increasingly important feature of social protection systems and state–business relations in Europe, reflecting a broader trend towards outsourcing public functions to private actors. In Italy, the 2016 and 2017 Stability Laws significantly expanded its scope and relevance.
Marcello Natili, Matteo Jessoula
wiley   +1 more source

Green Industries Without Institutional Support—The Case of the Danish Wine Industry

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Green regional industries are increasingly recognised as pivotal in addressing diverse environmental crises. While the role of institutions in fostering green industries is well‐established, limited research exists on the dynamics of green industry creation without institutional support.
Anika Zorn, Susann Schäfer
wiley   +1 more source

The framing of immigration by Swedish newspapers in 2009, 2015 and 2016

, 2017
En debatt har förts om hur svenska journalister har hanterat invandringsämnet i sin rapportering. Vissa anser att medierna har varit partiska och ignorerat samhälleliga problem som kan kopplas till invandringen. Vissa menar också att en förändring har skett sedan flyktingkrisen under hösten 2015.
openaire   +1 more source

The development of ‘assembly line principles’ in Swedish child welfare: Long‐serving social workers' experiences of phase specialisation

International Journal of Social Welfare, Volume 35, Issue 4, October 2026.
Abstract The child welfare system has increasingly adopted phase specialisation, in Sweden and internationally, dividing work into distinct stages. This study examines these changes through the retrospective perspectives of 15 long‐serving child welfare professionals, highlighting three key organisational shifts: the separation of statutory and ...
Karin Steive, Pär Grell
wiley   +1 more source

Herring Today, Gone Tomorrow? Sweden's Conflict Over the 2024 Bothnian Herring Quota

Sociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This article performs a narrative policy analysis of a Swedish conflict that erupted over the EU's commercial fishing quota for Bothnian herring in the north Baltic Sea. After scientists raised alarms and the European Commission recommended closing the fishery in 2024, diverse actors sought to influence decision‐making. Their accounts diverged,
Maris Boyd Gillette, Benedict E. Singleton   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Emotional Experiences of Healthcare Professionals Working in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Systematic Review

Muscle &Nerve, Volume 74, Issue 3, Page 517-529, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Healthcare professionals (HCPs) working with people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are often exposed to emotive circumstances including end of life care, trauma, loss, and death. Existing reviews have explored the emotional experiences of people living with ALS and their carers but have largely ignored healthcare staff and the
Young Chan, Sarah Creer, Jess Mere, Alys Wyn Griffiths, Charlotte Wright, Esther V. Hobson, Christopher J. McDermott, Emily J. Mayberry   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source