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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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Quantitative evaluation of global microbead policies: a PMC index approach towards microplastic pollution 全球微球政策的定量评价：微塑料污染的PMC指数方法

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2025-11-20 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-025-09597-2

Riya Kumbukattu Alex, Preetha Sadasivan, Thomas Maes, Suja Purushothaman Devipriya

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Tackling the soft non-technical challenges of the adoption of complexity science in policymaking 解决在政策制定中采用复杂性科学的软非技术挑战

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2025-11-15 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-025-09594-5

Darren Nel, Araz Taeihagh

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Laws as blades: A conceptual framework of legislative design 作为刀片的法律：立法设计的概念框架

IF 5.3 3区管理学

Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2025-11-11 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-025-09593-6

Steffen Hurka, Stefanie Rueß, Mike Cowburn, Constantin Kaplaner

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How issue salience and political leadership facilitate policy integration: The adoption of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in the European Union 问题突出性和政治领导如何促进政策整合：欧盟建筑能效指令的采用

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2025-11-11 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-025-09592-7

Stephan Huber, Nihit Goyal, Thomas Hoppe, Tamara Metze

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Policy learning over the legislative process: insights from a statewide housing policy debate in Colorado 立法过程中的政策学习：来自科罗拉多州全州住房政策辩论的见解

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Policy Sciences Pub Date : 2025-10-30 DOI: 10.1007/s11077-025-09579-4

Emma Scheetz, Tanya Heikkila, Carrie Makarewicz, Robert Hobbins

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Designing duality: from procedural policy instrument to the statecraft of hybrid sovereignty 设计二元性：从程序性政策工具到混合主权的治国方略