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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 1d

Discover this PSJ article from our latest issue revealing how social cohesion, trust and civic engagement, reshapes social and pension policy design across 30 OECD countries over the period 2010 to 2020.

By Jiwon Kim

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Public enterprise pricing as redistributive policy

Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 2d

NEW BLOG POST!

Water, Wealth, and the Ballot Box? The latest PSJ blog explores how income inequality shapes the politics of water pricing across U.S. communities.

By David Switzer & @mpteodoro.bsky.social

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by David Switzer & Manuel P. Teodoro Democratic governments provide a range of goods and services as “public enterprises” that recover all or part of their costs through user charges. Unlike co…

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 3d

Explore this PSJ article examining environmental storytelling in U.S. State of the Union Addresses and how these stories reveal partisan divides and shifting public attention.

By @hollylpeterson.bsky.social

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 8d

We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Advisory Board of Editors Emeriti.

This honorific appointment recognizes their enduring leadership and ensures PSJ’s editorial legacy continues to support its growth, strategic vision, and impact in the policy community.
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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 9d

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Discover this PSJ article revealing patterns of policy advice externalization across policy domains in Bulgaria, challenging traditional assumptions.

By Denitsa Marchevska

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The range of actors providing input in policy making has grown, leading some to argue advice provision is increasingly externalized beyond the state. This represents a key pillar of advice scholarshi...

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 10d

Explore this open-access PSJ article mapping 578 ideas from 18 Minnesota utilities, showing how polycentric energy governance evolves through linear, parallel, recursive, and conjunctive change dynamics.

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 12d

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Discover this PSJ article on how post-earthquake windfalls fuel fiscal misconduct in local governments, and why stronger independent audits are key to accountability.

By Fan Lu, Qiang Ren, Jingran Sun and Hongmei Wan.

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Preventing fiscal misconduct associated with disaster-aid related windfall revenue poses significant challenges for governments due to the unpredictable and often temporary nature of such income stre...

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 14d

Can the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) travel beyond democracies? Explore this PSJ article putting it to the test in Moscow’s urban policy debates.

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 15d

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Does closing collaborative gaps strengthen legitimacy? Discover this PSJ article on how managing collaborative gaps directly shapes public confidence in governance.

By Jack Mewhirter, Danielle M. McLaughlin & Brian Calfano

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This article explores how informing residents about the resolution of collaborative gaps by leading government agencies—specifically gaps with civil-society organizations—affects public perceptions. ....

The Power of Policy Narratives in Electoral Autocracies: Lessons from a Pension Movement

Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 16d

Discover how Turkey’s pension movement used strategic policy narratives to expand its base and win change, revealing the power of stories in electoral autocracies.

By @elifcan.bsky.social & @v-yilmaz.bsky.social

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by Elifcan Celebi & Volkan Yilmaz Social movements rely on narratives to frame their struggles and mobilise support. How they craft these narratives is especially intriguing in electoral autocr…

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 17d

Explore this PSJ article showing how institutions regulate feedback and ownership to shape climate-adaptive policy design.

By Aaron Deslatte, Jeffery A. Adams, Faisal Cheema, Jesse L. Barnes, Elizabeth A. Koebele & Sara Alonso Vicario

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Feedback is ubiquitous in complex systems and critical to the process of designing public policies to solve problems such as climate adaptation. However, well-known cognitive and institutional constr...

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Geoboo Song (송거부) @gbsong.bsky.social · 21d

As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen the Policy Studies Journal (PSJ) and honor the lasting contributions of its editorial leadership, I am pleased to announce the establishment of an Advisory Board of Editors Emeriti.

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 22d

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Discover this PSJ article on how invisible advisers, lone rangers, and personal trustees quietly reshape the policy game.

By Katarina Staronova and Marek Rybář

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Recent research on policy advisory systems (PAS) has highlighted their variation across regions, jurisdictions, time, and policy domains, emphasizing the role of policy advice access to issue network...

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 22d

Explore this PSJ article advancing policy design analysis with a novel text-based framework that integrates institutional network and cost–benefit analysis.

By Santiago Virgüez-Ruiz, Curtis Atkisson, Brenda Bushouse & Charles Schweik

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 23d

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 25d

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Dive into this PSJ article refining ACF with new propositions on actors, alliances, and policy change, grounded in 128 cases of environmental resource policymaking.

By Metodi Sotirov & Brendon Swedlow

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We use grid-group cultural theory (CT) to specify underspecified aspects of the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). Our theoretical synthesis of CT and the ACF provides, first, an exhaustive typology....

Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 26d

Explore this open-access PSJ research note showing how local content requirements (LCR) work best when paired with strong industries or smart policy mixes, even in tough conditions.

By @laimaeicke.bsky.social

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The Dark Side of Policy Learning: When Learning Leads to Value Destruction

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Bishoy L. Zaki @bishoyzaki.bsky.social · 27d

Happy to see the blog post about my @psjeditor.bsky.social article out!

Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · Jul 30

BLOG POST ALERT!

Explore this PSJ blog challenging the idea that learning always leads to better policy by revealing how learning failures can distort outcomes and destroy public value.

By @bishoyzaki.bsky.social

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by Bishoy L. Zaki Understanding why policy actors do what they do and how their actions influence the public have always been fundamental questions in not only public policy but also public adminis…

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 29d

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Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · 29d

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Can academics play a role in redefining identity? Explore this PSJ article on how they helped institutionalize multiculturalism in Australia and tested new theories of policy change.

By Julius C. S. Mok

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Why did Australia go from the White Australia Policy, which excluded non-whites, to institutionalizing multiculturalism policy in the 1970s? This question defies traditional political ideologies of t...

Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · Sep 11

PSJ will be sharing some of its 2024 highlights at the 2025 APSA Public Policy Section business meeting this Friday!

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A postcode lottery in education? Explaining regional inequality in multilevel systems

Policy Studies Journal @psjeditor.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Is education a postcode lottery? Dive into the latest PSJ blog post examining how regional authority, spending, and demographics drive inequality across OECD countries.

By @jos38.bsky.social

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by Johanna Schnabel Existing research focuses predominantly on inequality among individuals. But inequality also has a territorial dimension. This article seeks to better understand the drivers of …