Pre-election voter information interventions led by electoral management bodies can improve voter confidence by Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau, University of Ottawa www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Democratic backsliding and public administration in Pakistan’s hybrid regime: a balance of power approach www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by Sameen A. Mohsin Ali, University of Birmingham Special issue holding page: tobysjames.com/democratic-b...

Out now! The (worst) laws of the land: the concept of legislative basket cases, legislative backsliding and public administration in Central-Eastern Europe by Rebeka Kiss and Miklós Sebők, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest, Hungary www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out now! Expert knowledge and policymaking in authoritarian contexts: a systematic review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎉Delighted to announce that @policy-studies.bsky.social is now listed for Political Science in the Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. Not only that, it is straight in as a Q1 journal. Thank you to all the authors, reviewers and editorial board who have contributed to making this possible!

Out now! Megatrends and regions: a case study of the English Midlands by Matthew Lyons et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out now! An ecosystem approach to governing commercial actors in healthcare AI by Quinn Waeiss and Mildred K. Cho, Stanford University www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out now! Political party assistance in Kenya: improving integrity in electorally difficult environments by Beata Martin-Rozumiłowicz www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The historical evolution of the minimum wage policy in Mexico: from local to federal determination Josué Salgado-Jurado et al. Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, Mexico www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A qualitative comparison of data infrastructures for COVID-19 health-related data: lessons for the European Health Data Space Vittoria Porta et al. University of Oxford www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Economic complexity and employment in emerging countries: a comparative analysis by Tolulope Osinubi, Munacinga Simatele and Olajide O. Oyadey, University of Fort Hare South Africa and Imperial College Business School UK www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Making elections more transparent? Lessons from the implementation of digital imprints at the 2024 UK General Election www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Geopolitical risks and inflation: insights across time horizons www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Towards the creation of an independent fiscal council for growth sustainability and development in oil-exporting small-open economy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out now! Determinants of fiscal decentralization: a neural network approach for OECD countries www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out now! Defining negative cases of policy transfer by Samuel Henderson www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out now! Show me what you’ve got: a survey experiment of aid allocation dynamics under transparency and austerity mandates by Jaakko Hillo and Isak Vento www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

As many good governance initiatives are being rolled back around the world, organizational routines can be a source of resistance against policy dismantling In a new article in @policy-studies.bsky.social, @fnietomorales.bsky.social and I study the resilience of transparency policy in Mexico

Out now! The French school in policy studies: toward suitable approaches for policy analysis within undemocratic contexts in the Middle East? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out now! Resisting the tide: the role of organizational routines in mitigating policy dismantling www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Today our @policy-studies.bsky.social's article got its first citation! 🙌 Using Australia as a case study, @philobmurray.bsky.social and I explore the challenges faced by #academic #advocates to bring change to #refugee #policy. Consider it as a reading for your courses! doi.org/10.1080/0144...

Really cool OA article in @policy-studies.bsky.social: Resisting the tide: the role of organizational routines in mitigating policy dismantling: Policy Studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The latest in our special issue on Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration is out now, looking at Tunisia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... tobysjames.com/democratic-b...

Our readership is growing! Thank you to all our readers in 2024!

Democratic backsliding and public administration: the experience of Ghana by Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah , Philip Asare Baidoo and Kwame Asamoah, University of Ghana www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out now! Can financial transparency help parties institutionalize and save democracy? by Fernando Casal Bértoa, Anna Heapy-Silander and Halfdan Lynge www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out now! Can we represent future generations in myopic democracies? Analyzing the design, feasibility and viability of institutional guardians of future generations by Michael Rose, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Germany www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What is the connection between democracy, public administration and democratic backsliding? The draft introduction for the @policy-studies.bsky.social special issue is available below. Comments welcome! Papers for the special issue and more analysis to follow! tobysjames.com/democratic-b...

Special issue published in @policy-studies.bsky.social on the effects of the war in Ukraine is now out as an edited volume. For more info: www.routledge.com/The-Effects-...

Out now! Do happy individuals support government environmental spending? Evidence from the general social survey by Dejan Glavas and Gilles Grolleau, ESSCA School of Management, France www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....