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Bandwagons and Quiet Corners in Regulatory Governance 监管治理中的潮流与安静角落

International Review of Public Policy Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.4000/irpp.1151

Caelesta Braun, Adrià Albareda, B. Fraussen, Moritz Müller

引用次数: 6

The Epistemics of Policymaking: from Technocracy to Critical Pragmatism in the UN Sustainable Development Goals 政策制定的认识论:从联合国可持续发展目标中的技术官僚到批判实用主义

International Review of Public Policy Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.4000/irpp.1242

K. Hartley

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引用次数: 5

Can power be made an empirically viable concept in policy process theory? Exploring the power potential of the Narrative Policy Framework 在政策过程理论中，权力能否成为一个经验上可行的概念?探索叙事政策框架的权力潜力

International Review of Public Policy Pub Date : 2020-04-27 DOI: 10.4000/irpp.942

Tjorven Sievers, Michael D. Jones

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引用次数: 11

The Dismantling of Family Farming Policies in Brazil and Argentina 巴西和阿根廷家庭农业政策的瓦解

International Review of Public Policy Pub Date : 2020-04-27 DOI: 10.4000/irpp.799

E. Sabourin, C. Craviotti, Carolina Milhorance

引用次数: 35

A social network perspective on the interaction between policy bubbles 从社会网络角度看政策泡沫之间的相互作用

International Review of Public Policy Pub Date : 2020-04-27 DOI: 10.4000/irpp.774

M. Maor

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引用次数: 9

Navigating the policy stream: Contested solutions and organizational strategies of policy entrepreneurship 引导政策流:有争议的解决方案和政策创业的组织策略

International Review of Public Policy Pub Date : 2020-04-27 DOI: 10.4000/irpp.740

Livia Johannesson, Martin Qvist

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引用次数: 0

The Rise and Spread of Behavioral Public Policy: An Opportunity for Critical Research and Self-Reflection 行为公共政策的兴起和传播:一个批判性研究和自我反思的机会

International Review of Public Policy Pub Date : 2020-04-27 DOI: 10.4000/irpp.897

Holger Strassheim

引用次数: 14

Expertise, politics and public opinion at the crossroads of the European Commission’s decision-making: The case of Glyphosate. 欧盟委员会决策十字路口的专业知识、政治和公众舆论：草甘膦案。

International Review of Public Policy Pub Date : 2020-04-27 DOI: 10.4000/irpp.849

G. Bazzan, M. Migliorati

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引用次数: 5

Dynamic narrative: a new framework for policy success 动态叙事:政策成功的新框架

International Review of Public Policy Pub Date : 2019-10-10 DOI: 10.4000/irpp.550

G. Nicklin

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引用次数: 3

Designing for Policy Success 为政策成功而设计

International Review of Public Policy Pub Date : 2019-10-10 DOI: 10.4000/irpp.514

M. Compton, J. Luetjens, P. Hart

引用次数: 20