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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 5h

Remember when dense networks of strategic cross-shareholdings among firms, native to coordinated market economies, went the way of the dodo?

The Rhenish model, Germany, Inc. undone by Anglo institutional investors?

Well, the dodo is back. Say hello to USA, Inc.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social · 1d

🛎️Early view

How do different levels of #ideas have potential for #ambiguity❓

In what ways can policy actors utilize them to allow for different interpretations to build a #coalition❓

Sunwoo Ryu examines #Childcare policy reforms in #SouthKorea👇

doi.org/10.1093/pols...

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Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 6d

📣 Early View

What is #GamefulGovernment ❓

David Threlfall & Catherine Althaus study the usage of #games and #gamification in #Australian public sector practice, & what it means for processes and outcomes of policymaking 👇

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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M. Kerem Coban @mkeremcoban.bsky.social · 7d

🛎️Hot off the press!

Delighted to see this brief contribution to our COST Action IGCOORD's edited volume

The chapter discusses the coordination of green transition & bank regulation in Turkey

The book is open access 👇

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 7d

📣Early View

Can #CommunityOrganisations (COs) extend the reach of support to at-risk groups❓

Corina Crisan & colleagues employ #CollaborationTheory & suggest a framework to guide strategic alliances with COs to support at-risk workers👇

doi.org/10.1111/1467...

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Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social · 8d

♨️ Early view

How do behavioural motivations moderate the public’s #compliance responses to, & engagement with, #InstrumentCalibrations ❓

Panchali Guha & Ishani Mukherjee study the link between policy target motivations, compliance & instrument calibration 👇

doi.org/10.1093/pols...

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Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social · 9d

♨️Early view

How do citizens participate politically across policy fields❓

What are the formats & different modes of #PublicInvolvement❓

@ekrick.bsky.social shows impact fostering institutional arrangements & #CitizenEngagement practices👇

doi.org/10.1093/pols...

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Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social · 9d

Early View 📩

Based on in-depth empirical analysis, this paper identifies three distinct modes of public involvement that differ in terms of key actors, influence channels, state–society relations, citizens’ roles, and the normative status of their claims.

Check it out here: buff.ly/ZPuR7UY

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PSA Executive Politics & Governance Specialist Group @psaexecpolitics.bsky.social · 11d

📣 Welcome to PSA Executive Politics and Governance Specialist Group ❗

@psaexecpolitics.bsky.social is delighted to announce its new website 👇

executivepoliticsandgovernance.wordpress.com

Executive Politics and Governance

executivepoliticsandgovernance.wordpress.com

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Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 12d

👉 Highlights from Vol 8⃣4⃣ (3⃣)

✏️ #HumanLearningSystem emphasises continuous learning & improvement within organisations to enhance their effectiveness

Christianne Ormston & Michael Macaulay examine the emergent HLS project #CollaborativeNewcastle #NHSUK 👇

doi.org/10.1111/1467...

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M. Kerem Coban @mkeremcoban.bsky.social · 18d

🛎️ Hot off the press!

@azadsinghbali.bsky.social & I had the pleasure of working on this chapter and contributing to the Handbook of Policy Advice co-edited by Ishani Mukherjee & @howlettm.bsky.social 👇

www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 21d

“Bad governance in Australia and how to mitigate it”
… by re-separating political and civil service roles once again.
Nice paper from Keith Dowding, Marija Taflaga
doi.org/10.1111/1467... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Bad governance in Australia and how to mitigate it

We argue that new public management (NPM) and other processes have led to adverse selection and agency rent problems within the political elite in Australia. The politicisation of the public service...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 21d

I had thought there were 4 types of malversation (legal corruption) in the UK. Turns out there were five with what B Guy Peters calls the "vast post-service wealth of politicians" perhaps the biggest of all

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Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 21d

📣Vol 8⃣4⃣(3⃣) is out ❗️ 🌥️ 🌞

The September 2025 Issue is a rich, dense, and stimulating collection of

3⃣ Research articles

4⃣ Research notes

2⃣ Practice and policy articles

Explore, read, & engage 👇

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678500...

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Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 22d

📣🆕Early View

#LeveragePoints are places within #systems where small, strategic interventions can create significant and lasting impact

Deborah Blackman, Vindhya Weeratunga, Jade Hart, @hdicko.bsky.social propose a crucial refinement to Meadows’ leverage points👇

doi.org/10.1111/1467...

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 25d

While access to professional middle class jobs is big, the thing about college that sticks with me most is the sense of agency and conceptual tools it gave me to understand and perhaps shape the circumstances of my own life

Which I imagine is why some folks want to shut it down

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 25d

'And to make it more complicated, there are the non-financial benefits such as evidence of longer lifespans and better personal wellbeing than for non-graduates.'

If universities had spokespersons who understood what we do, somewhere in this article there might be a mention of the life of the mind.

We ask the experts: does it still pay to go to university? ‘It’s complex’

The time and money you invest in education should be repaid by a rewarding career, but is that always the case?

www.theguardian.com

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 25d

Pretty astonishing stuff. Going after members of the Fed who don’t do what you want: bad. Going after them with wrong information that will definitely come out: stupid as hell.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 26d

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 29d

🧐 Holistic approaches studying #CitizenSatisfaction with public services in developing countries have been scarcer

👉 Xin Tao, Nikita Makarchev & colleagues examine the sources and mechanisms of #Vietnamese citizens’ satisfaction with land administration services 👇

Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · Mar 2

♨️Early View📩

Why do governments need to manage citizen satisfaction with public services❓

Xin Tao, Nikita Makarchev & colleagues provide insights from #Vietnam & methodological & theoretical contributions to understand the sources of citizen satisfaction👇

doi.org/10.1111/1467...

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International Affairs @iajournal.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 NEW ISSUE 🚨

🌏 Special section on how the rise of Asia reshapes international financial affairs
🗣️ Articles on ghosting diplomacy, ASEAN and human rights, India's China strategy and more
🤝 Policy paper on China and 'America First'
📚 25 book reviews

Read the issue > academic.oup.com/ia/issue/101/5

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Power of Gender Norms: In Switzerland, French-speaking cantons showed much higher support for the introduction of women's suffrage and today exhibit lower contemporary child and employment penalties for females.

academic.oup.com/restud/artic... & www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

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M. Kerem Coban @mkeremcoban.bsky.social · Sep 6

"As the central bankers who assembled recently at Jackson Hole realised, it is all very well to bang on about the virtues of central bank independence when it is Turkey you are scolding. It is a rather different matter when it is the Fed..."

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Sep 6

Polycrisis — is this the sequel? on.ft.com/42jTz0D | opinion

Polycrisis — is this the sequel?

It is not clear this term best describes the unusual moment we’re living through

on.ft.com

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Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · Sep 3

📣🆕Early View

Can we trace back the performance of public services to the effectiveness of service providers’ management of their supply chains❓

Phuc Nguyen & colleagues study the under-performing provision of employment services from a system approach👇

doi.org/10.1111/1467...

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Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social · Jul 29

Explore upcoming thematic issues, learn about submitting to the journal and subscribe to our email alerts.

➡️ Stay informed, get involved, and contribute to ongoing conversations in the field.

Check out more here: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

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Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social · Aug 3

📢 Early View ✉️

This article by @VilleAula examines the advancement of data science as a public policy instrument through the lens of the instrument constituency framework.

Read the article here: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

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Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social · Aug 6

Early View 📢

This new article by @SanchayanBanerj and @Peter John discusses the past, present, and future of behavioral public policy (BPP).

Read more here: academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

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