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{"title":"Evaluating paternalism in redress programs","authors":"Stephen Winter,&nbsp;Martin Wilkinson","doi":"10.1111/polp.12635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12635","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The number of monetary redress programs for survivors of nonrecent abuse in out-of-home care is growing. These programs help make monetary remedies more accessible to survivors. However, the reasons that justify these programs also encourage policy makers to adopt paternalistic measures. This article argues that most paternalistic restrictions are unjustified because they infringe on survivors' autonomy without clearly benefiting them.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Kahn-Nisser, Sara. 2018. “Constructive Criticism: Shaming, Incentives, and Human Rights Reforms.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 46(1): 58–83. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12240.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Winter, Stephen. 2020. “Tools for Tragedy: Procedures for Assessing Historic Redress Claims.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 49(1): 162–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12385.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Woessner, Matthew, and April Kelly-Woessner. 2006. “Slavery Reparations and Race Relations in America: Assessing How the Restitutions Debate Influences Public Support for Blacks, Civil Rights, and Affirmative Action.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 34(1): 134–54. 10.1111/j.1747-1346.2006.00007.x.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 6","pages":"1399-1416"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.12635","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142860592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Note from the Editor","authors":"Emma R. Norman","doi":"10.1111/polp.12633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12633","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the October 2024 issue of &lt;i&gt;Politics &amp; Policy&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;P&amp;P&lt;/i&gt;) which features an impressive collection of scholarship spanning Europe and the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and North America. All the articles herein have undergone &lt;i&gt;P&amp;P's&lt;/i&gt; rigorous double-blind peer review process, commonly two or three times, which has assisted in honing the arguments significantly while also drawing out wider implications to engage specialists and generalist readers alike. They have been selected for this issue with these strengths firmly in mind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of particular note this October are three significant themes that enticed me to recollect—and then go back and read again—several past articles in this journal on similar subjects. The first theme concerns welfare policy. In the present issue, this is discussed masterfully from the perspective of balancing policy objectives in Cambodia's emergency cash assistance for workers during COVID-19 (Soksamphoas &amp; Ford, &lt;span&gt;2024&lt;/span&gt;) and comparing party discourse and conflict on welfare solidarity in Sweden, Belgium (Flanders), and the United States (Luypaert &amp; Thijssen, &lt;span&gt;2024&lt;/span&gt;; cf. Son, &lt;span&gt;2020&lt;/span&gt;). These exceptional pieces join a long line of past &lt;i&gt;P&amp;P&lt;/i&gt; articles on comparative welfare state studies, including social policy and unemployment in the United Kingdom and Italy (Mioni, &lt;span&gt;2021&lt;/span&gt;), welfare state culture and policy discourse (König, &lt;span&gt;2015&lt;/span&gt;), and Wagle's (&lt;span&gt;2014&lt;/span&gt;) weighty contribution on population heterogeneity and welfare policies in high-income OECD countries, among many others (see e.g., Butz &amp; Kehrberg, &lt;span&gt;2015&lt;/span&gt;; Flavin et al., &lt;span&gt;2011&lt;/span&gt;; Polacko, &lt;span&gt;2023&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The second salient theme emerging this October surrounds the intersection of violence, quality of democracy concerns, and political participation in sub-Saharan Africa. In this issue the studies by Omulo (&lt;span&gt;2024&lt;/span&gt;) and Iheonu et al. (&lt;span&gt;2024&lt;/span&gt;) join the burgeoning repository of &lt;i&gt;P&amp;P's&lt;/i&gt; past papers on violence and democratization in Africa (see e.g., Antwi-Boateng, &lt;span&gt;2015&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span&gt;2017&lt;/span&gt;; Antwi-Boateng &amp; Braimah, &lt;span&gt;2024&lt;/span&gt;; Asongu et al., &lt;span&gt;2020&lt;/span&gt;; Asongu &amp; Nnanna, &lt;span&gt;2019&lt;/span&gt;; Djeufack Dongmo &amp; Avom, &lt;span&gt;2024&lt;/span&gt;; Ryan, &lt;span&gt;2015&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally, this October issue begins with an exceptionally well-executed discussion on political cohorts and generational analysis in the United States (Fisher, &lt;span&gt;2024&lt;/span&gt;). This work on Generation X adds much to comparable past &lt;i&gt;P&amp;P&lt;/i&gt; cohort studies on America (Fisher, &lt;span&gt;2020&lt;/span&gt;; McCarthy &amp; Santucci, &lt;span&gt;2021&lt;/span&gt;), Russia (Shaykhutdinov, &lt;span&gt;2019&lt;/span&gt;; Stegmaier &amp; Erb, &lt;span&gt;2008&lt;/span&gt;), Argentina (Geri &amp; Villareal, &lt;span&gt;2022&lt;/span&gt;), and Canada (Dauda, &lt;span&gt;2010&lt;/span&gt;). The list of former &lt;i&gt;P&amp;P&lt;/i&gt; articles on this subject goes at least as far back as ","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 5","pages":"896-899"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.12633","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Duration in power and happiness in the world","authors":"Désiré Avom,&nbsp;Itchoko Motande Mondjeli Mwa Ndjokou,&nbsp;Pierre C. Tsopmo,&nbsp;Cherif Abdramane,&nbsp;Simplice A. Asongu","doi":"10.1111/polp.12631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12631","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article examines the effect of leader longevity in power on world happiness. To make the assessment, a sample composed of 135 countries observed over the period 2006 to 2018 was constituted. The results obtained from OLS estimates show that longevity in power reduces individual happiness. Furthermore, the negative effect is more amplified in democratic countries. Quantile regression reveals variability in the effect over the different intervals. These results are robust to the use of alternative estimation techniques. We also identify the quality of institutions and public spending as two potential transmission channels through which longevity in power influences well-being. These results invite political authorities to respect constitutional limits or implement constitutional reforms with the aim of limiting the duration of the mandate of the executive in order to reduce the harmful effect of an extension of the latter on individuals' well-being.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Flavin, Patrick, Alexander C. Pacek, and Benjamin Radcliff. 2011. “State Intervention and Subjective Well-Being in Advanced Industrial Democracies.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 39(2): 251–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2011.00290.x.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Jakubow, Alexander. 2014. “State Intervention and Life Satisfaction Reconsidered: The Role of Governance Quality and Resource Misallocation.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 42(1): 3–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12057.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Kim, Hae S. 2017. “Patterns of Economic Development: Correlations Affecting Economic Growth and Quality of Life in 222 Countries.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 45(1): 83–104. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12190.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 6","pages":"1331-1352"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.12631","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142862192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changing preferences and societal dynamics: Analyzing public attitudes toward preferential discrimination policy in urban India","authors":"Debashis Mitra","doi":"10.1111/polp.12626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12626","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article analyzes public preferences toward affirmative action (reservation policy) designed for disadvantaged social groups in India by examining the co-relational and causal relationship between the perceived fairness of the reservation policies and the citizens' preferences for reservation policies available in the political sphere, government jobs, and higher education institutions; and how urban India—particularly the metropolitan cities—utilizes better opportunities for socioeconomic mobility. I argue that there are opposing trends in discourse, primarily based on self-interest or motivation-based community interest. Examining citizens' preferences by adding more variables to the analysis and testing them with the data (<i>N</i> = 1800) is imperative since self-motivation or community interest cannot be the sole factor. The findings allow us to represent potential interaction effects based on caste, education level, and place of birth. These are the primary reasons for citizens' choices, and they all have an additive effect rather than being present as an individual factor of analysis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Harel-Shalev, Ayelet. 2013. “Policy Analysis beyond Personal Law: Muslim Women's Rights in India.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 41(3): 384–419. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12016.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Harel-Shalev, Ayelet. 2009. “Lingual and Educational Policy toward ‘Homeland Minorities’ in Deeply Divided Societies: India and Israel as Case Studies.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 37(5): 951–70. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2009.00206.x/abstract.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Pearson-Merkowitz, Shanna. 2012. “Aqui no hay oportunidades: Latino Segregation and the Keys to Political Participation.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 40(2): 258–95. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2012.00349.x/abstract.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 5","pages":"1161-1193"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of democracy on peace in Africa: Empirical evidence","authors":"Chimere O. Iheonu,&nbsp;Princewill U. Okwoche,&nbsp;Shedrach A. Agbutun","doi":"10.1111/polp.12632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12632","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The nexus between democracy and peace in Africa is examined by applying data to 42 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries between 2008 and 2020. The study used panel regression techniques that include Ordinary Least Squares, the Tobit regression to account for the limited range of the dependent variable, and the System Generalized Method of Moments to account for endogeneity bias. Using seven indicators of democracy, which include electoral democracy, liberal democracy, participatory democracy, deliberative democracy, egalitarian democracy, a total democracy index derived from principal component analysis, and the Polity2 score, and using the global peace index as a proxy for peace, our findings show that all the indicators of democracy, irrespective of the model, have a positive and significant influence on peace in SSA. The result has underscored the importance of advancing democratic practices and values to promote sustainable peace and stability in the region.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Antwi-Boateng, Osman. 2015. “No Spring in Africa: How Sub-Saharan Africa Has Avoided the Arab Spring Phenomenon.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 43(5): 754–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12129.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Asongu, Simplice A., Cheikh T. Ndour, and Judith C. M. Ngoungou. 2024. “The Effects of Gender Political Inclusion and Democracy on Environmental Performance: Evidence from the Method of Moments by Quantile Regression.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i>, 52(1), 118–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12576.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ryan, Susannah. 2015. “White Gold and Troubled Waters in Southern Africa: Hydropolitical Policy's Effect on Peace in Lesotho and South Africa.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 4(2): 239–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12114.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 5","pages":"1038-1058"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating Public–Private Partnership success: A cross-country study of key factors in Nigeria and South Africa","authors":"Oluwatimilehin Deinde-Adedeji,&nbsp;Francis Nchuchuwe,&nbsp;Ugochukwu Abasilim,&nbsp;Daniel Gberevbie,&nbsp;Samuel Oni","doi":"10.1111/polp.12628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12628","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Public–private partnership (PPP) has delivered expected results on a number of significant projects. Yet, despite the growing appeal, problems have been encountered which have either resulted in slow progress or the total failure of such arrangements. This study offers a comparison between Nigeria and South Africa focusing on several identified critical success factors (CSFs) for PPPs. We rely on secondary data to compare Nigeria and South Africa based on the top ten ranking CSFs identified in the literature. Findings reveal that both countries account for the highest number of PPP projects in Africa but have not recorded huge successes as a result of their shortcomings in important CSFs responsible for the success of PPPs. Nigeria, for instance, is still being challenged with poor energy supply, bad road networks, and ineffective waste management practices, among others. South Africa appears to have had better success in PPP delivery due to a suitable financial market, stable economic policy, favorable legal framework, and a transparent procurement process. We conclude by highlighting the key CSFs for PPPs in Nigeria and South Africa and emphasize the need to address the identified shortcomings. The relevance of this study is in its contribution to the understanding of CSF in PPP projects thereby offering useful insights for policy makers and administrators in improving the success rate of PPPs and enhancing the delivery of public services in these countries.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ikeanyibe, Okechukwu Marcellus. 2018. “Bureaucratic Politics and the Implementation of Liberalization Reforms in Nigeria: A Study of the Unbundling and Reorganization of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 46(2): 263–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12249.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Iwuoha, Victor Chidubem, Nneka Ifeoma Okafor, and Emmanuel Ifeadike. 2022. “State Regulation of Nigeria's Maritime Ports: Exploring the Impact of Port Concession on both the Regulator and the Operators.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 50(5): 1032–52. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12495.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>McNamara, Madeleine W., John C. Morris, and Martin Mayer. 2014. “Expanding the Universe of Multi-Organizational Arrangements: Contingent Coordination and the Deepwater Horizon Transportation Challenges.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 42(3): 346–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12073.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 5","pages":"1081-1100"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From local networks to national reform? Programmatic groups in the regionalization of German health policy","authors":"Nils C. Bandelow,&nbsp;Lina Y. Iskandar,&nbsp;Sofie Klingner,&nbsp;Ilana Schröder","doi":"10.1111/polp.12629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12629","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Before policy reform initiatives reach the agenda of national decision makers, such initiatives often start at a small-scale, local level. The Programmatic Action Framework (PAF) emphasizes the importance of biographical connections to understand how a group of policy actors forms, and how it develops programs that may lead to decade-long policy change. This article applies the PAF to study the emergence of a programmatic group behind initiatives on regionalization in German health policy through discourse analysis and expert interviews. The study contributes to understanding social networks behind policy programs and social-psychological, partly informal drivers of policy change. The results show that many PAF conditions have already been met in the German health policy subsystem. We describe a network of policy actors with local and organizational drivers that has led to nationwide cooperation on regionalization.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Caliskan, Cantay. 2020. “The Influence of Elite Networks on Green Policy Making.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 48(6): 1104–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12382.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Petridou, Evangelia, Per Becker, and Jörgen Sparf. “Policy Entrepreneurs in Public Administration: A Social Network Analysis.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 49(2): 414–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12400.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Svallfors, Stefan, Erica Falkenström, Corrie Hammar, and Anna T. Höglund. 2022. “Networked Reports: Commissioning and Production of Expert Reports on Swedish Health Care Governance.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 50(3): 580–97. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12462.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 6","pages":"1310-1330"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.12629","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142862065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Toward an assessment of the relevance of proposed public policy in contemporary African society: A retrospective review of Kenya's now-defunct building bridges initiative, with special reference to post-election violence","authors":"Albert Gordon Omulo","doi":"10.1111/polp.12630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12630","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Whereas competing interests characterize the African public policy sphere today, the lens of mass-elite differences has hardly been employed to study electoral violence. Accordingly, this article juxtaposes the lived experiences of ordinary Kenyan citizens, obtained through focus groups, with the content of the now-defunct Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), a comprehensive set of public policy changes proposed by Kenya's political protagonists Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga in 2017. It poses the following broad question: did the BBI proposals truly intersect with the opinions and lived experiences of the masses? I find that various factors, including the lack of electoral and judicial integrity, and a winner-takes-all democratic system, are responsible for post-election violence according to citizens. A comparative analysis of citizen perspectives and the BBI Report reveals considerable congruence in the understanding of the causes of post-election violence. The study partly concludes that African leaders should continue to engage in policy entrepreneurship.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Hodzi, Obert. 2020. “African Political Elites and the Making(s) of the China Model in Africa.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 48(5): 887–987. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12380.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Kouladoum, Jean-Claude. 2023. “The Role of Freedom of Communication in Modulating the Effect of Political Participation on Electoral Outcome in Africa.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 51(4): 588–613. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12539.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Onyango, Gedion. 2024. “DHR-PA—Democracy and Human Rights in Public Administration in Africa.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 52(2): 426–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12584.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 5","pages":"1013-1037"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The comparative politics of solidarity: Political party discourse across three welfare state regimes","authors":"Anouk Luypaert,&nbsp;Peter Thijssen","doi":"10.1111/polp.12625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12625","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Party political conflict plays an essential role in shaping welfare policies, while they are simultaneously also shaped by these policies. As political parties grapple with the wicked challenges of our times, new forms of solidarity and solidarity conflicts arise across welfare regimes. Despite their significance, these dynamics have not received much recent attention. Our article aims to fill this gap. Through content analysis of party manifestos, we compare the solidarity frames of political parties within and between three distinct welfare regimes—Flanders (Belgium), Sweden, and the United States. Our results confirm our expectations drawn from political feedback literature: while party ideology influences parties' solidarity frame preferences and solidarity conflicts between parties, these preferences and conflicts are also influenced by a welfare regime's societal solidarity norms. Our article highlights the value of analyzing solidarity frames and political solidarity conflicts within welfare-state regimes to better understand welfare politics and policies.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>König, Pascal D. 2015. “Moral Societal Renewal or Getting the Country Back to Work: Welfare State Culture as a Resource and a Constraint for Policy Discourse.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 43(5): 647–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12130.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Mioni, Michele, 2021. “The ‘Good Citizen’ as a ‘Respectable Worker:’ State, Unemployment, and Social Policy in the United Kingdom and Italy, 1930 to 1950.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 49(4): 913–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12425.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Wagle, Udaya R. 2014. “The Heterogeneity Politics of the Welfare State: Changing Population Heterogeneity and Welfare State Policies in High-Income OECD Countries, 1980-2005.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 41(6): 947–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12053.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 5","pages":"935-962"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Balancing policy objectives: Cambodia's COVID-19 emergency cash assistance scheme for workers","authors":"Soksamphoas Im,&nbsp;Michele Ford","doi":"10.1111/polp.12627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12627","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Welfare programs in emerging economies are, in most cases, highly selective. This article illustrates this point by exploring Cambodia's emergency cash assistance scheme coverage for workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on policy analysis and interviews with government officials, industry representatives, and garment and tourism unions, it analyzes the level of benefit and efficacy of the initiative for different groups of workers. Based on this analysis, we find that garment factory and tourism workers received better support than workers in other sectors as a consequence of industry lobbying and strategic decision-making on the part of the government designed to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on those sectors. Our analysis also reveals, however, that the relatively informal nature of even formal-sector workplaces in Cambodia meant that the scheme's impact was highly varied even among these targeted groups of workers. We conclude with a discussion of the findings' broader implications.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Asongu, Simplice, and Nicholas M. Odhiambo. 2023. “The Effect of Inequality on Poverty and Severity of Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Financial Development Institutions.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 51(5): 898–918. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12558.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Lachapelle, Erick, Thomas Bergeron, Richard Nadeau, Jean-François Daoust, Ruth Dassonneville, and Éric Bélanger. 2021. “Citizens' Willingness to Support New Taxes for COVID-19 Measures and the Role of Trust.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 49(3): 534–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12404.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Onyango, Gedion, and Japheth Otieno Ondiek. 2022. “Open Innovation during the COVID-19 Pandemic Policy Responses in South Africa and Kenya.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 50(5): 1008–31. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12490.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 5","pages":"918-934"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.12627","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}