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Rethinking Policy Piloting: Managing Uncertainty in the Policy Process by Sreeja Nair As governments grapple with uncertainties associated with complex policy issues such as climate change, digital transformation, pandemics and Artificial Intelligence, the role of policy...

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Rethinking Policy Piloting: Managing Uncertainty in the Policy Process by Sreeja Nair
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Understanding Policy Influence in Hybrid Regimes: Insights from a Qualitative Study of Policy Advice in Ukraine and Moldova by Denitsa Marchevska & Trui Steen Policy advisory systems research has provided important insights into the networks of individuals and organizations that support decision makers during the policy pr...

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Understanding Policy Influence in Hybrid Regimes: Insights from a Qualitative Study of Policy Advice in Ukraine and Moldova by Denitsa Marchevska & Trui Steen
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Bridging Policy Research Across Borders: Challenges and Opportunities for China by Geoboo Song (PSJ Editor-in-Chief) On June 14, 2024, I delivered a virtual keynote address at the inaugural International Conference on China Policy Studies (ICCPS) in Beijing, China. While primaril...

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Bridging Policy Research Across Borders: Challenges and Opportunities for China by Geoboo Song (PSJ Editor-in-Chief)
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Does Data Drive Policymaking? A Multiple Streams Perspective on the Relationship Between Indicators and Agenda Setting by Rob A DeLeo & Alex Duarte The multiple streams framework (MSF) illustrates how policies are formed not through linear processes, but through the convergence of three independent streams: the proble...

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Does Data Drive Policymaking? A Multiple Streams Perspective on the Relationship Between Indicators and Agenda Setting by Rob A DeLeo & Alex Duarte
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More than Agents: Federal Bureaucrats as Information Suppliers in Policymaking by JoBeth S. Shafran Despite the widespread notion of federal bureaucrats as implementers of congressional will, their role in the policymaking process extends far beyond. Traditionally understood thr...

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More than Agents: Federal Bureaucrats as Information Suppliers in Policymaking by JoBeth S. Shafran
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Birds of a Feather Fight Together: Forum Involvement in a Weakly Institutionalized Ecology of Policy Games by Tomás Olivier & Ramiro Berardo Policy forums play a crucial role in polycentric governance because they can facilitate collective action among diverse actors who are invested in a policy domain. Ma...

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Birds of a Feather Fight Together: Forum Involvement in a Weakly Institutionalized Ecology of Policy Games by Tomás Olivier & Ramiro Berardo.
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The Paradoxical Power of Policy Loss in Group Identity and Action: A Study of the NRA’s Strategic Resilience by Matthew J. Lacombe Policy feedback scholarship has illustrated how policies shape group behaviors and political processes, primarily focusing on the benefits accrued by their proponents and support...

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The Paradoxical Power of Policy Loss in Group Identity and Action: A Study of the NRA’s Strategic Resilience by Matthew J. Lacombe
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The Adoption of Culturally Contentious Innovations: The Case of Citizen Oversight of Police by Mir Usman Ali The deaths of George Floyd and Broenna Taylor at the hands of police in 2020 brought the issue of police accountability to the forefront of public debate. One reform that has been a l...

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The Adoption of Culturally Contentious Innovations: The Case of Citizen Oversight of Police by Mir Usman Ali
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Global Diffusion of COVID-19 Policies: The Role of Geographic, Institutional, and Cultural Cues by Brian Y. An, Simon Porcher, & Shui-Yan Tang Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide have grappled with the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), offering a unique opportuni...

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Global Diffusion of COVID-19 Policies: The Role of Geographic, Institutional, and Cultural Cues by Brian Y. An, Simon Porcher, & Shui-Yan Tang
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Operationalizing social equity in public policy design: A comparative analysis of solar equity policies in the United States by Shan Zhou, Xue Gao, Adam M. Wellstead, & Dong Min Kim Concerns over climate change and the decreasing costs of clean energy in the United States have resulted in large public investment in alternat...

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Operationalizing social equity in public policy design: A comparative analysis of solar equity policies in the United States by Shan Zhou, Xue Gao, Adam M. Wellstead, & Dong Min Kim
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Theory into Action: The Important Role of Policy Theory and Practice (PT&P) Policy Studies Journal has long been known for publishing cutting-edge policy theory research. Our authors develop new and test theories and concepts or innovate on existing theoretical frameworks, ge...

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Theory into Action: The Important Role of Policy Theory and Practice (PT&P)
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Coalition Cascades: The Politics of Tipping Points in Clean Energy Transitions by Jonas Meckling & Nicholas Goedeking Recent scholarship on policy change has devoted increased attention to change across subsystems – the passage of new healthcare legislation, for example, will ch...

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Coalition Cascades: The Politics of Tipping Points in Clean Energy Transitions by Jonas Meckling & Nicholas Goedeking 
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Detangling Manuscript Types: Short Articles Explained As announced in October 2023, the Policy Studies Journal (PSJ) editorial team has expanded the range of manuscripts we consider for publication through the addition of two short-article formats, the r...

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Detangling Manuscript Types: Short Articles Explained
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Using the Multiple Streams Framework to Connect Policy Adoption to Implementation by Luke Fowler Despite widespread application of the canonical model, a key criticism of the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) is the primary focus on agenda-setting and policy adoption, and relatively...

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Using the Multiple Streams Framework to Connect Policy Adoption to Implementation by Luke Fowler
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Charting the Rise: Celebrating Two Decades of PSJ’s Impact and International Collaboration by Geoboo Song (PSJ Editor-in-Chief) We’ve recently explored over twenty years of PSJ citation data, and we’re thrilled to see its consistent growth over time! A huge thank you to all the remarkable c...

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Charting the Rise: Celebrating Two Decades of PSJ’s Impact and International Collaboration by Geoboo Song (PSJ Editor-in-Chief)
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What’s the Grand Story? A Macro-Narrative Analytical Model and the Case of Swiss Child and Adult Protection Policy by Bettina Stauffer Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) research has mostly focused on micro- and meso-level narratives — in other words, narratives that operate at the individual and group levels. Macro...

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What’s the Grand Story? A Macro-Narrative Analytical Model and the Case of Swiss Child and Adult Protection Policy by Bettina Stauffer

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Design Paths of Federal Intergovernmental Cooperation by Simon Montfort, Manuel Fischer, James Hollway, & Nicolas W. Jager In the analysis of intergovernmental cooperation within federal systems, conventional explanations have centered on problem charact...

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Design Paths of Federal Intergovernmental Cooperation by Simon Montfort, Manuel Fischer, James Hollway, & Nicolas W. Jager
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The Public-Facing Policy Agenda of State Legislatures: The Communication of Public Policy via Twitter by David A.M. Peterson, Wallapak Tavanapong, Lei Qi, Adisak Sukul, & Mohammed Khaleel
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REMINDER! PSJ is accepting short articles! 
✅ Research notes: showcasing innovative empirical methods, applications, or replication efforts. 
✅ Perspectives: introducing fresh theories, arguments, and potential research agendas.  
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The Role of Policy Narrators During Crisis: A Micro-Level Analysis of the Sourcing, Synthesizing, and Sharing of Policy Narratives in Rural Texas by Mark C. Hand, Megan Morris, & Varun Rai Policy researchers have done extensive research to understand the use of narratives in the policy process. We see that policymakers use narratives to set pol...

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The Role of Policy Narrators During Crisis: A Micro-Level Analysis of the Sourcing, Synthesizing, and Sharing of Policy Narratives in Rural Texas
by Mark C. Hand, Megan Morris, & Varun Rai
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Coupling the Streams by Connecting Claims: Discourse Networks Show How a German Labor Market Policy Hits the Agenda in the Early Phase of the Covid‑19 Pandemic by Malte Möck, Colette S. Vogeler, Nils C. Bandelow, & Johanna Hornung The early textbook approach of the policy process pictures policy-makers as capable of crafting policies as solutions for existin...

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Coupling the Streams by Connecting Claims: Discourse Networks Show How a German Labor Market Policy Hits the Agenda in the Early Phase of the Covid‑19 Pandemic by Malte Möck et al.
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TODAY is the day!
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Join us TOMORROW for our highly anticipated ZOOM event: "AUTHORS MEET EDITORS"! Don't miss the opportunity to connect with editors from the Policy Studies Journal and gain insights into the publishing process!
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Farmed Out: Agricultural Lobbying in a Polarized Congress by Clare Brock
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A Grammar of Institutions for Complex Legal Topics: Resolving Statutory Multiplicity and Scaling up to Jurisdiction-Level Legal Institutions
by Anthony J. DeMattee

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Advocacy Coalitions, Beliefs, and Learning: An Analysis of Stability, Change, and Reinforcement
By Christopher Weible, Kristin L. Oloffson & Tanya Heikkila
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Building Blocks of Polycentric Governance⁠
by Tiffany H. Morrison, Örjan Bodin, Graeme S. Cumming, Mark Lubell, Ralf Seppelt, Tim Seppelt, & Christopher M. Weible⁠
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NEW PSJ BLOG POST ALERT! Policy Feedback via Economic Behavior: A Model and Experimental Analysis of Consumption Behavior by Gregory S. Schober
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EXCITING NEWS: PSJ and APSA PPS Partnership! 
We are thrilled to announce an amazing collaboration between the Policy Studies Journal (PSJ) and the American Political Science Association (APSA) Public Policy Section (PPS)! 
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