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“The Excuses We Make”: Defining Eight Corruption Rationalization Categories “我们制造的借口”：界定八种腐败合理化类别

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1111/rego.70068

Caio César Coelho Rodrigues

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Problems and Solutions in the Knowledge Economy: Ideational Power in Slow‐Burning Crises 知识经济中的问题与解决之道：慢燃危机中的观念力量

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-08-02 DOI: 10.1111/rego.70060

Martin B. Carstensen, Patrick Emmenegger, Cecilia Ivardi

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Who Supports the Digitalization of Education? New Survey Evidence From Six OECD Countries 谁支持教育数字化？来自六个经合组织国家的新调查证据

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1111/rego.70059

Marius R. Busemeyer

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Re‐Skilling in the Age of Skill Shortage: Adult Education Rather Than Active Labor Market Policy 技能短缺时代的再技能：成人教育而非积极的劳动力市场政策

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-07-30 DOI: 10.1111/rego.70065

Giuliano Bonoli, Patrick Emmenegger, Alina Felder‐Stindt

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Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across TimeBy Thomas Hale, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024. 241 pp. $29.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 978‐0‐69‐123812‐8 《长期问题：气候变化与跨时代治理的挑战》，托马斯·黑尔著，普林斯顿：普林斯顿大学出版社，2024年。241页，29.95美元（精装）。ISBN: 978 0量69还是123812列车8

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1111/rego.70058

Daniel J. Fiorino

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Balancing Between Extremes: Goal Ambiguity‐Based Strategies to Contain Goal Displacement in Regulatory Enforcement Agencies 极端之间的平衡：基于目标模糊的策略，以遏制监管执法机构的目标位移

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1111/rego.70062

Kees Huizinga, Martin de Bree

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“I Paid A Bribe”—Lessons and Insights From Crowdsourced Corruption Reporting in India “我行贿了”——来自印度众包腐败报道的教训和见解

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-07-17 DOI: 10.1111/rego.70056

Ina Kubbe, Bonnie J. Palifka, Lasse Buschmann Alsbirk

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Turning Vulnerability Into Strength: How Independent Regulatory Agencies Enhance Accountability and Build Stakeholder Trust 化脆弱性为优势：独立监管机构如何加强问责制并建立利益相关者信任

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-07-13 DOI: 10.1111/rego.70053

Jacint Jordana, Juan Carlos Triviño‐Salazar

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Regulating via Conditionality: The Instruments of the New Industrial Policy 条件性调节：新产业政策的工具

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1111/rego.70050

Fabio Bulfone, Timur Ergen, Erez Maggor

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Varieties of Ecosocial Policies in the EU: The Case of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans 欧盟生态社会政策的多样性：以国家复苏和弹性计划为例

IF 3 2区社会学

Regulation & Governance Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1111/rego.70057

Benedetta Cotta, Ekaterina Domorenok, Paolo Graziano, Trajche Panov

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