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Blame and responsibility attribution across actor dimensions: public media discourse on antimicrobial resistances 跨行为者维度的责备和责任归因：关于抗菌素耐药性的公共媒体话语

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-05-05 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09616-w

Tanja Puran, Josefine Wyser, Johanna Hornung, Manuel Fischer

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Compound path dependence in green transitions: a comparative analysis of EV policy coordination in Indonesia and Thailand 绿色转型中的复合路径依赖：印尼和泰国电动汽车政策协调的比较分析

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-05-05 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09614-y

Chunhua Ye, Yiyun Xia, Yixian Sun, Benjamin Cashore

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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

IF 5.3 3区管理学

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

IF 5.3 3区管理学

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）

IF 5.3 3区管理学

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

IF 5.3 3区管理学

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

IF 5.3 3区管理学

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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Tenuous (in)stability? Mixed policy feedback and its effects on climate policy in Australia and Canada. 脆弱的稳定?混合政策反馈及其对澳大利亚和加拿大气候政策的影响。

IF 3.7 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-29 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-026-09609-9

Jasmin Logg-Scarvell, James Patterson

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