Out now! This article by A. Harcourt contributes to MLG by drawing on the academic literature surrounding TANs to analyse the strategies employed by digital rights groups in the closed environment of Internet standard setting. Link in the comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

Does street-level bureaucrats' (SLBs) willingness to sacrifice their own self-interests to meet the needs of their clients vary depending on their contexts? Read more about this study by N. Cohen & T. Lazebnik in EPA. Link in the comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

Out now! This article by A. M. Vaezi & A. Maleki employs NPF to examine policy narrations and narrative strategies in the development of Iran's startup ecosystem from 2012 to 2019. Link in comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

This research by Jiaqi Cao & Liang Ma, based on in-depth interviews and grounded theory analyses, examines how frontline bureaucrats, citizens, and digital tools collectively contribute to administrative burdens. Link in comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

It is a great pleasure to share that our article "Between institutions and narratives: Understanding collective action in innovation policy processes" has been awarded the @epa-journal.bsky.social Editors' Choice Best Paper Award 2024! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

This article by C. Honegger explores how governments’ credit-claiming and blame-deflection strategies affect perceived policy legitimacy during crises, measured through media sentiments on COVID-19 management over time. Link in comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

New in RPR! This study by M. K. W. Wrobel & M.K. McBeth examines the power of focusing events and narratives in the context of natural disasters. Link in comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

So happy to share my article which was recently published in @epa-journal.bsky.social. The article illustrates why governments’ communication is crucial for shaping public perceptions in a polarised political landscape. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (open access)

Has digitalization changed policy-making dynamics at the European Union (EU) level? To investigate this issue, this article by C. Bérut presents a scoping review of the literature on EU digital policy-making. Link in comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

New in RPR! This paper by R. Sen, T. Lim & R. C. Feiock presents an analysis of the influence of Congressional delegations on the local implementation of the EECBG program, funded through the ARRA. Link in the comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

Using data from a long-term survey of senior civil servants (1970-2021), this article by M. Döhler investigates the declining share of jurists in federal ministerial departments in Germany. Link in the comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

The study by E. A. Ruvalcaba-Gomez & V. H. Garcia-Benitez compares Spain’s and Mexico’s AI policies to analyze government strategies and highlight key features of each country’s approach. Link in the comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

This study by A. Soni & L. P. Berthelot combines descriptive and summative measures with text analysis to track the composition and evolution of subnational EV policy actions over nearly three decades, spanning a range of policy domains. Link in the comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

Out now! This article by T. Vagionaki addresses the challenge of translating knowledge into policy outputs amidst the complex interplay between research and politics while discussing the concept of “blocked learning”. Link in the comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

This article by A. Küsters & C. E. Sottilotta examines the trade-offs embedded in the European Union's digital policymaking, focusing on the tensions between fundamental rights, security, and economic competitiveness. Link in the comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

Out now! This article by M. Maggetti introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second-order effects that are unintentional from policy design and yet fraught with consequences. Link in comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

Why do governments accept short-term costs for uncertain long-term gains? This article by P. Tuytens & C. Haberstroh argues narratives about the future reshape expectations of costs & benefits, driving intertemporal policy change. Link in comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy

This study by S. Zheng, A. J. He & Y. He investigates how intergovernmental interactions, specifically formal authority interactions and informal competitive interactions, shape the adoption of climate policies by Chinese provincial governments. Link in the comments! #policyprocess #publicpolicy

This paper by C. Bergonzini & F. Donati explores gender mainstreaming in urban food policies (UFPs) through three Spanish case studies. While UFPs are key to sustainable urban food systems, gender disparities remain largely overlooked. Link in the comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #polisci

Link to the new article by A. Ricotta, C. Generet, S. Moyson, N. Schiffino and F. Schoenaers: doi.org/10.1002/epa2...

How do citizens interact with street-level bureaucrats? A. Ricotta et al. reviewed 50 studies and identified a repertoire of attitudes and behaviors, from compliance to opposition, with exit as a last resort. Link in comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

Link to the new article by K. Eriksson, E. Petridou, G. Alirani and R. Johansson: doi.org/10.1002/epa2...

New in EPA! This article by K. Eriksson et al. examines the fire and rescue services sector in Sweden in the period 1986–2021, and explains the timing of bureaucratic reforms using the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF). Link in comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci #msf

New in RPR! Y. Zhao et al. examine differences in pandemic-related policy choices and propose a framework to analyze how attention is allocated to post-pandemic recovery under conditional constraints, using the attention-based view. Link in comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy

This research by J. E. Boscarino explores an underexamined aspect of narratives in the policy process: how the act of narration affects participants, contributing to NPF theory building and future research. Link in the comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

Focusing on public–private partnership (PPP) policies, this study by H. Sun & L. Zhou adopts both qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and necessary condition analysis (NCA) to examine policy reinvention across 36 cities in China. Link in the comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy

Out now! This study by Y. Bao, M. Hua & Z. Fang examines if teachers’ sense of meaninglessness under China’s “Double Reduction” policy drives exhaustion and weakens professional identity. Link in comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

Despite extensive work on policy diffusion, its Western roots limit applicability, and little is known about mechanisms in non-Western contexts. Y. Yang studies paths to successful environmental pilot policy diffusion in China. Link in comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

This paper by A. V. Lopes & M. A. M. Oliveira explains how public appointments shape the profile of the top-level public bureaucracy, based on the analysis of the appointments of directors of the largest independent Brazilian agency. Link in the comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy