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Citation rank #3/738 in Political Science/IR & #3/242 in Public Admin (Scopus) | 2024 CiteScore 12.0 | Special issue proposals: policy-and-socity@nus.edu.sg

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🤔Why problems that are identified as unintended & negative are not addressed❓

B. Guy Peters & Maximilian L. Nagel discuss whether they are ever addressed or rather become #ZombiePolicies & the difficulties in #coordination and #coherence in public policies 👇

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November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Why should we care about (a specific form of) #MalignPolicymaking - #IllegalAction by the state❓

@adamjhannah.bsky.social & Linda Botterill study the #Robodebt scandal in #Australia & discuss how the government avoided Parliamentary and media oversight👇

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November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🧩 Early view

What does #intermediation look like in #WeaklyIinstitutionalized contexts characterized by limited #state #oversight and prevalent #informality

Aviram Sharma draws empirical insights from the #BottledWater quality regulations in #India 👇

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November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🧐 Are #RevolvingDoor policies effective ❓

Why do regulators have to strengthen #oversight & cultivate #EthicalCulture

Filippo Silano assesses the risks of #MalignPolicy through the lens of the revolving door phenomenon & #PublicDebtManagement 👇

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November 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
📢Early view

What do welfare preferences in #DividedSocieties teach us about #NationalIdentity

Peter Ward & @stevendenney86.bsky.social find that candidates orginally from Eastern Germany or North Korea are less preferred by Western Germans and South Koreans 👇

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October 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🧩Early view

Who are #intermediaries❓

What are intermediaries' functions, roles & impact in governance❓

Avri Eitan, David Levi-Faur & Jale Tosun introduce the upcoming Special Issue on the multifaceted roles of intermediaries in #policy & #governance 👇

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October 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🔥Hot off the press

How have governments within liberal regimes found a tool for reclaiming authority in the #Nationalization of #ElectricitySystems #Operators❓

Jose M. Valenzuela studies the role of system operators in this process in #Chile & the #UnitedKingdom👇

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October 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
👉 @policysociety.bsky.social celebrates the #OAWeek

As a fully #OpenAccess top-tier political science and public administration journal, @policysociety.bsky.social endorses open access publishing.

For more information about @policysociety.bsky.social 👇

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October 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🛎️New Issue is out❗️

Towards a 3⃣rd generation of #PolicyAdvisorySystems studies❓

Co-guest edited by @andreamigone.bsky.social & @howlettm.bsky.social, the new generation studies how different PAS are structured and operated—or managed—to deliver quality results👇

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October 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
🔥 Hot off the press

How does #PolicyTermination manifest, & to what extent is it deployed as a #strategic #practice

✍️ InkeTorfs, EllenWayenberg, & Corneel De Vos study the #Flemish provinces in #Belgium & point to the misalignment between aspirations and capabilities 👇

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October 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🛎️ Early view

How do #Accountability relations between #Intermediaries #Regulators & #RegulatoryTargets shape intermediaries’ decision to report targets to regulators❓

@evathomann.bsky.social points to intermediaries’ (non-)compliance as a problem of accountability 👇

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October 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🛎️New Issue is out❗️

Co-guest edited by M. Jae Moon & Tim Legrand, the Special Issue on #malignity in policy sciences calls our attention to the “ #DarkSide ” of #policymaking

Insights from #Robodebt, #Clientelism, #Emotions & #Authoritarianism & many others 👇

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October 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🛎️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👇

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October 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
♨️ 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 👇

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September 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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.

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September 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
♨️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👇

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September 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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September 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Early View ✉️

This study examines the management of expert and advisory committees (EACs) in China, focusing on their role in generating alternative policy advice and influencing policy processes, using the lens of policy advisory system (PAS).

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September 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Early View ✉️

This article seeks to understand how the Australian Government came to implement a scheme - Robodebt - that was in clear violation of social security law, focusing specifically on the role of legal advice.

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September 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Early View ✉️

Focusing on executive branches in charge of issuing and managing government debt—debt management units (DMUs)—this article delivers a case study assessing the effectiveness of revolving door restrictions.

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September 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Early View ✉️

This article argues that governments can bypass local clientelist networks by designing procedural tools that generate intelligence for effective social policies.

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August 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Early View ✉️

This article demonstrates that there is value in adopting governance arrangements that keep both the instrumental and experimental approaches to government-affiliated intermediaries in tension.

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August 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Early View ✉️

This introduction to special issue conceptualizes the notion of malignity in policy sciences, examining how public policies can become misaligned with the public interest—whether by design or through the dynamics of the policy process.

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August 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Early View💌

Using secondary sources and key informant interviews, this article studies Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), a social protection program in Ghana, and outlines its collaborative architecture that underpins its implementation.

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August 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Early view 💌

This article introduces to a third generation of policy advisory system (PAS) studies, which focus greater attention on the quality of advice provided by PAS and their managerial aspects in new and traditional contexts.

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August 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM