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How welfare wins: Discursive institutionalism, the politics of the poor, and the expansion of social welfare in India during the early 21st century 福利如何获胜:话语制度主义、穷人政治以及21世纪初印度社会福利的扩张

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Policy and Society Pub Date : 2023-06-16 DOI: 10.1093/polsoc/puad010

I. Roy

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引用次数: 1

Assessing public support for social policy in times of crisis: evidence from the Child Tax Credit during the COVID-19 era in the United States 评估危机时期公众对社会政策的支持:来自美国新冠肺炎时期儿童税收抵免的证据

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Policy and Society Pub Date : 2023-05-20 DOI: 10.1093/polsoc/puad009

Mariely López-Santana, Lucas Núñez, Daniel Béland

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引用次数: 0

Discourses of growth in megaproject-based urban development: a comparative study of Poland and Finland 基于大型项目的城市发展的增长话语:波兰和芬兰的比较研究

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Policy and Society Pub Date : 2023-05-16 DOI: 10.1093/polsoc/puad008

Magdalena Rek-Woźniak

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引用次数: 2

Bridging the “consent gap”: mechanisms of legitimization in a cross-border megaproject 弥合“同意差距”:跨境大型项目的合法化机制

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Policy and Society Pub Date : 2023-05-08 DOI: 10.1093/polsoc/puad007

Silvia Lucciarini, Rossana Galdini

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引用次数: 2

Comparisons as a discursive tool: shaping megaproject narratives in the United Kingdom 比较作为一种话语工具:塑造英国的大型项目叙事

IF 9.3 1区社会学

Policy and Society Pub Date : 2023-04-26 DOI: 10.1093/polsoc/puad005

N. Sergeeva, Johan Ninan

引用次数: 3

The development of large public infrastructure projects: integrating policy and project studies models 大型公共基础设施项目的发展:整合政策和项目研究模型

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Policy and Society Pub Date : 2023-04-24 DOI: 10.1093/polsoc/puad004

Pierre-André Hudon, Serghei Floricel

引用次数: 3

Nonuse and hypocritical use of strategic narratives in Megaprojects: The case of the Florence high-speed railway 在大型项目中不使用和虚伪地使用战略叙事:以佛罗伦萨高速铁路为例

IF 9.3 1区社会学

Policy and Society Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI: 10.1093/polsoc/puad006

Fabrizio Coticchia, Marco Di Giulio

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引用次数: 1

Governing wickedness in megaprojects: discursive and institutional perspectives 在大型工程中治理邪恶:话语和制度的视角

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Policy and Society Pub Date : 2023-04-07 DOI: 10.1093/polsoc/puad002

Giovanni Esposito, Andrea Terlizzi

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引用次数: 5

“Scales of justice. Large dams and water rights in the Tigris–Euphrates basin” “正义的天平。底格里斯河-幼发拉底河流域的大型水坝和水权”

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Policy and Society Pub Date : 2023-02-10 DOI: 10.1093/polsoc/puad003

Alessandro Tinti

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引用次数: 1

The politics of military megaprojects: discursive struggles in Canadian and Australian naval shipbuilding strategies 军事大项目的政治:加拿大和澳大利亚海军造船战略中的话语斗争

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Policy and Society Pub Date : 2023-02-04 DOI: 10.1093/polsoc/puad001

A. Migone, A. Howlett, Michael Howlett

引用次数: 1