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Corporate Sponsoring of the Council Presidency: A Research Agenda

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 1382-1404, July 2026.
Abstract Member states holding the Council Presidency routinely seek corporate sponsors. Typically, these sponsors offer free or discounted goods and services, such as food, beverages, cell phones, software or a car fleet in exchange for being labelled an official partner or sponsor of the Presidency.
Gijs Jan Brandsma, Reinout van der Veer
wiley   +1 more source

Solidarity in Welfare States During and After the Global Pandemic: A Theoretical Investigation

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, Volume 60, Issue 4, Page 630-639, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Welfare state policies are based on cultural ideals of solidarity; however, the extent of solidarity provided by welfare state institutions has varied substantially, both historically and across nations and policy fields. This article aims to answer the following questions: How did solidarity as an institutional norm in welfare states change ...
Birgit Pfau‐Effinger   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 61, Issue 2, Page 307-317, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 61, Issue 2, Page 286-295, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Locus of Control on Voluntary Retirement Savings—Evidence for Switzerland

open access: yesFINANCIAL PLANNING REVIEW, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines determinants of voluntary, tax‐privileged retirement savings in Switzerland by analyzing voluntary participation in so called Pillar 3a accounts. Using longitudinal data from the nationally representative Swiss Household Panel, we assess how locus of control, financial conditions of a person, and tax incentives shape ...
Roland Hofmann, Michaela Tanner
wiley   +1 more source

For the Few, Not the Many: Tracing the Residualist and Compensatory Nature of British Energy Support

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 529-547, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Drawing on extensive documentary analysis, this article traces the evolution of British energy policy support since World War II. It analyses shifts in policy design through two interpretive lenses: eligibility (residualist vs. universalist) and function (compensatory vs. preventive).
T. M. Croon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severity‐Based Prioritisation of Administrative Tax Non‐Compliance: A Multiclass Prediction Approach Using Financial and Governance Data

open access: yesIntelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, Volume 33, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Tax authorities face growing volumes of filings and payments and must manage procedural non‐compliance (e.g., late filing, late payment and the accumulation of tax arrears) with limited administrative capacity. Many existing machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications in tax administration rely on binary outcomes, which
Lenka Papíková, Mário Papík
wiley   +1 more source

The Quality of Clarity: Lessons from the Sixty‐Year Struggle to Maintain the Purity of Lake Taupō

open access: yesKōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2026.
Sixty years of effort to protect the exceptionally clear water of Lake Taupō, the largest lake in Aotearoa New Zealand, show how environmental memory can help manage a cultural and natural resource. I describe how water clarity and quality in this lake have been protected, through managing soil erosion and phosphorus flows during the 1960s–1980s, and ...
Jonathan West
wiley   +1 more source

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