Discover the “Triangle of Bureaucratic Policy Analysis” in this new PSJ blog - featuring three bureaucratic types shaping policy in Southern Europe. By @gcapano.bsky.social, Alice Cavalieri, & Andrea Pritoni Read more here: psjblog.net/2025/06/05/t... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

♨️ New article! . Do policy capacities matter for federal policy design? . @gcapano.bsky.social & Vanessa Elias de Oliveira throw light on this by examining three social policy programs in #Brazil. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....

Only a few days left to download the article by @gcapano.bsky.social and A. Pritoni for free! 📚💻 Don't miss out! ⏳ #FreeAccess #HurryUp 👇

In the upcoming special issue “Policy Theories in Europe“, guest edited by C. Weible, @gcapano.bsky.social critiques the limitations of four theories in policy implementation, especially outside Western contexts. #PolicyStudies #WileyPolitics #STEP_APSA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Just reading "Policy implementation and policy instruments: The underdeveloped dimensions of the four “political” American policy process theories. A Western European perspective" by @gcapano.bsky.social and I'd absolutely recommend reading for policy researchers, especially in Europe.

After a long but intellectually exciting journey, this paper is finally out, in Policy Sciences, early view, fully Open Access link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Season's reading 🎄 @policysociety.bsky.social's🆕Issue (4⃣3⃣-4⃣) is out❕ Guest-edited by Niklas Andersen, Valérie Pattyn & Katherine E. Smith, the Special Issue problematises the notion of “evidence culture” in evidence-informed policymaking👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

📢In our #NewIssue (29.1)!📢 When and why high civil servants demand information from interest groups in policymaking. A Southern European perspective ⏳🆓The article by @gcapano.bsky.social & A. Pritoni is now on temporary #FreeAccess here tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Vol 12 (2024) of Annual Review of Policy Design Published - Selection of Best Work that appeared on policy design from around the world in 2024

Just out in Policy Studies Journal, fully OA. I, Alice Cavalieri and Andrea Pritoni apply  our "Triangle of Bureaucratic Policy Analysis"  to a huge survey. We find 3 different empirical types of professional roles that top bureaucrats may play in policymaking onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Just assigned to the no. 1/2024 of South European Society and Politics, this article I wrote together with Andrea Pritoni. Based on data collected through an online survey submitted to approximately 700 high-level public servants in Greece, Italy and Portugal www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘the likelihood of high-level civil servants soliciting information [from interest groups] is greater when they hold high policy capacities’ in #Greece, #Italy and #Portugal READ the article by @gcapano.bsky.social & Andrea Pritoni www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PoliSky

💡NEW STUDY FINDS… 💡 #Greece #Italy #Portugal civil servant-stakeholder consultation ‘‘is more probable for welfare policies and younger public servants are more accustomed to consulting interest groups’ READ article by @gcapano.bsky.social & Andrea Pritoni tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... polisci

❇️ Next week marks the end of the mandate for our 2021–24 Executive Committee, chaired by @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social 🙌 We extend heartfelt thanks to David and the outgoing EC members for their unwavering dedication and wish them all the best for the future ecpr.eu/News/News/De...

How does policy design shape policy outcomes? New Policy Sciences article by @gcapano.bsky.social & Lepori identifies 2 aspects that are especially important: (1) policy coherence (2) changing social norms vs changing resource flows link.springer.com/article/10.1...