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Coordinating fragmented global AI governance: Control, Rights, and Safety as a regime complex 协调分散的全球人工智能治理：作为一个政权综合体的控制、权利和安全

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-23 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09632-w

Hana Kim

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Public policymaking under uncertain time horizons: cyclicality, synchronization, and temporal delegation 不确定时间范围下的公共政策制定：周期性、同步性和时间委托

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-21 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09631-x

Radu-Mihai Triculescu

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Formulating a legislative design philosophy for adaptive governance: marine spatial planning as a case study 制定适应性治理的立法设计理念：以海洋空间规划为例

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-09 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09628-6

Sze Fung Ng

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Algorithmic governance and democratic accountability: rethinking policy design in the age of artificial intelligence 算法治理与民主问责：人工智能时代政策设计的反思

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-06 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09630-y

Burim Mexhuani

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Why non-structural flood governance underperforms: brokerage gaps in fragmented bureaucratic systems 为什么非结构性洪水治理表现不佳：分散官僚体系中的经纪缺口

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-06 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09629-5

Jamal Bake,Syamsul Alam,Akbar Wahbi,Muhammad Amir

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Policy capacity, collaborative governance, and the institutional design of implementation arrangements: food security PPPs in Kenya 政策能力、协作治理和实施安排的制度设计：肯尼亚的粮食安全公私伙伴关系

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-09-06 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09620-0

Sheila Ashiono,Mattia Casula,Joseph Obosi

{"title":"Policy capacity, collaborative governance, and the institutional design of implementation arrangements: food security PPPs in Kenya","authors":"Sheila Ashiono,Mattia Casula,Joseph Obosi","doi":"10.1007/s11077-026-09620-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-026-09620-0","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article empirically investigates how different institutional designs of implementation arrangements are associated with specific configurations of policy capacity and, in turn, with variation in implementation outputs. Building on the policy capacity framework developed by Wu et al. (2015) and its extension to collaborative settings, the article analyses three irrigation public–private partnership (PPP) projects in Kenya—Galana Kulalu, Perkerra, and Chakama—through a small-N, case-oriented comparative design. The study suggests that variation in implementation outputs is best understood through the interaction between institutional design and the configuration of analytical, managerial, and political capacities activated across individual, organizational, and systemic levels. The findings indicate that political capacity serves as an important enabling condition for more effective collaborative arrangements, while the relative weight of analytical and managerial capacities varies with the coordination logic embedded in each arrangement. More hierarchical and rule-based arrangements are associated with stronger implementation outputs where analytical and managerial capacities are institutionalized, whereas more networked and adaptive arrangements rely more heavily on managerial-political capacities rooted in trust, partner mobilization, and negotiated coordination. By connecting policy capacity research with implementation research on collaborative arrangements, the article contributes to a more relational, institutionally grounded understanding of why similar policy interventions yield different implementation outputs under broadly comparable conditions.","PeriodicalId":51433,"journal":{"name":"Policy Sciences","volume":"385 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2026-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148899497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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When and how do governments succeed in introducing electronic voting (e-voting)? A qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) of 35 OECD countries 政府何时以及如何成功引入电子投票（e-voting）？35个OECD国家的定性比较分析（QCA）

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-08-28 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09622-y

Jieqiong Wu, Julius Felix Gmeinwieser

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Rethinking policy capacity: integrating deontological and human dimensions 重新思考政策能力：整合义务论和人的维度

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-08-24 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09626-8

Norma Munoz del Campo

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Correction: A framework for fragility: guiding measurement for policy 修正：脆弱性框架：政策的指导性衡量