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Global, selective, or both? The case for differentiated cooperation in AI governance 全局性，选择性，还是两者兼而有之？人工智能治理中差异化合作的案例

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09606-y

Nora von Ingersleben-Seip, Daniel Mügge

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Euthanasia, institutions, and constitutional innovation in Ecuador: testing the multiple streams framework to explain agenda setting in Latin America 厄瓜多的安乐死、制度与宪政创新：检验多重流框架以解释拉丁美洲的议程设定

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09603-1

Margarita Manosalvas Vaca, Juan Federico Pino Uribe

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Lasswell prize announcement for policy sciences volume 58 (2025) 拉斯韦尔政策科学奖公告第58卷（2025）

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-02-23 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09604-0

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Policy fit: lessons from ocean governance in Australia 政策契合：澳大利亚海洋治理的经验教训

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-02-16 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09602-2

Liam Fullbrook, Joanna Vince

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Patterns of evidence use in Nigerian policymaking: insights from latent class analysis 尼日利亚政策制定中的证据使用模式：来自潜在阶级分析的见解

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-02-16 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09600-4

Toyib Aremu, Travis Reynolds, Fritz Sager

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Accountability for policy decisions: addressing gaps in theory and practice 政策决策的问责制：解决理论和实践中的差距

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-02-13 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09601-3

Yifei Yan, M Ramesh

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When transformation challenges legacy: tensions in the layering of urban transport policies 当转型挑战传统时：城市交通政策分层中的紧张关系

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09599-8

Thu N. A. Pham

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Coalition stability and cohesion in a transgender policy conflict 跨性别政策冲突中的联盟稳定性与凝聚力

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-025-09591-8

Allegra H. Fullerton

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Assessing the substantive outputs of deliberative minipublics: a categorical framework for policy recommendations 评估审议性小公众的实质性产出：政策建议的分类框架

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2025-12-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-025-09595-4

Magni Szymaniak-Arnesen, Adela Gąsiorowska

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How should policy actors respond to buzzwords? Three ways to deal with policy ambiguity 政策参与者应该如何回应流行语？应对政策模糊性的三种方法

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2025-11-26 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-025-09596-3

Liz Richardson, Catherine Durose, Paul Cairney, John Boswell

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