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Theorizing the functions and patterns of agency in the policymaking process 理论化决策过程中机构的功能和模式

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2025-01-11 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-024-09563-4

Giliberto Capano, Maria Tullia Galanti, Karin Ingold, Evangelia Petridou, Christopher M. Weible

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Policy integration in urban policies as multi-level policy mixes 作为多层次政策混合的城市政策整合

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2025-01-06 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-024-09562-5

María José Dorado-Rubín, María José Guerrero-Mayo, Clemente Jesús Navarro-Yáñez

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Analyzing industrial policy portfolios 产业政策组合分析

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2024-12-07 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-024-09559-0

Carmen Heinrich, Christoph Knill, Yves Steinebach

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The future as developmental construct in the work of Harold Lasswell 哈罗德-拉斯韦尔作品中作为发展建构的未来

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2024-11-26 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-024-09557-2

Ríán Derrig

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On Torgerson’s Lasswells 关于托格森的拉斯韦尔

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2024-11-25 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-024-09555-4

James Farr, Nick Dorzweiler

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Emancipatory policy sciences or interpretative revisionism: some thoughts on Douglas Torgerson’s The Policy Sciences of Harold Lasswell 解放政策科学还是解释修正主义：对道格拉斯-托格森《哈罗德-拉斯韦尔的政策科学》的一些思考

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2024-11-21 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-024-09556-3

Hengameh Saberi

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Breaking away from family control? Collaboration among political organisations and social media endorsement among their constituents 摆脱家庭控制？政治组织之间的合作及其选民在社交媒体上的支持

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-024-09553-6

Paul M. Wagner, Arttu Malkamäki, Tuomas Ylä-Anttila

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The legacy of Harold D. Lasswell’s commitment to the policy sciences of democracy: observations on Douglas Torgerson’s the policy sciences of Harold Lasswell 哈罗德-拉斯韦尔致力于民主政策科学的遗产：对道格拉斯-托格森的《哈罗德-拉斯韦尔的政策科学》的看法

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-024-09552-7

William Ascher

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Shattering stereotypes and the critical lasswell 打破陈规与批判性拉斯韦尔

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-024-09551-8

Paul Cairney, Christopher M. Weible

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Co-design in policymaking: from an emerging to an embedded practice 决策中的共同设计：从新兴实践到嵌入式实践

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-024-09550-9

Michael Mintrom, Philippa Goddard, Lisa Grocott, Shanti Sumartojo

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