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{"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}

{"title":"Why is voter turnout in presidential elections increasing among people concerned about the risk of COVID-19 worsening in Africa?","authors":"Mathieu Juliot Mpabe Bodjongo","doi":"10.1111/polp.12624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12624","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article aims to explain why participation in presidential elections increased among people who feared the risk of worsening COVID-19 in Africa. The analysis is based on a sample of 16,890 people living in 34 African countries. Econometric results suggest that fear of the pandemic's escalation can reduce citizens' willingness to participate in presidential elections. However, this negative effect changes based on perceptions of government management of the pandemic. We show that the likelihood of voting in a presidential election increases significantly among those afraid of the pandemic's worsening with (i) a lack of confidence in government statistics on COVID-19; (ii) perceived corruption related to the COVID-19 pandemic; (iii) a lack of confidence in the government's ability to ensure the safety of COVID-19 vaccines; (iv) perceived insufficient public investment in combating health emergencies; and (v) perceived insufficient intervention by law enforcement in enforcing COVID-19 control measures.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\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 \u0000 <p>Stockemer, Daniel. 2016. “Is the Turnout Function in Democracies and Nondemocracies Alike or Different?” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 44(5): 889–915. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12174.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Stockemer, Daniel, and Stephanie Parent. 2014. “The Inequality Turnout Nexus—New Evidence from Presidential Elections.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 42(2): 221–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12067.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 5","pages":"1101-1136"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430054","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 contributions of the Iranian health-care system in the crisismanship of COVID-19: A qualitative study","authors":"Ali Farazmand,&nbsp;Hassan Danaeefard,&nbsp;Raziyeh Ghanbary Vanani","doi":"10.1111/polp.12622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12622","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aims to comprehend the contributions of Iran's health-care system (HCS) in the “crisismanship” of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from the perspectives of citizens, policy makers, managers, and public sector employees. The primary question is what have been the contributions of Iran's HCS in the crisismanship of COVID-19? The study was designed and conducted using a qualitative strategy. It is reported that three core contributions were made: (1) the leadership of “a whole of crisis governance,” (2) the leading “a whole of crisis management,” and (3) conducting “a whole of operational activities during the COVID-19.” Through this empirical study, we hope to fill a gap by examining the leadership contributions of the Iranian HCS in fighting COVID-19. The findings of this study can provide researchers and thinkers with insights into policy and strategy making in times of crises such as those surrounding COVID-19.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Kasseeah, Harshana, and Susan Opp. 2023. “Wicked policy problems and COVID-19 in small island developing states: The cases of Mauritius and Seychelles.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 51(6): 1008–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12565.</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 \u0000 <p>Vince, Joanna. 2023. “A Creeping Crisis When an Urgent Crisis Arises: The Reprioritization of Plastic Pollution Issues during COVID-19.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 51(1): 26–40. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12512.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 5","pages":"1137-1160"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142429717","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 role of governance and infrastructure in moderating the effect of resource rents on economic growth","authors":"Simplice A. Asongu,&nbsp;Samba Diop,&nbsp;Ekene ThankGod Emeka,&nbsp;Amarachi O. Ogbonna","doi":"10.1111/polp.12623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12623","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study investigates how governance and infrastructure moderate the effect of natural resource rents on economic growth using a sample of 110 countries from 2000 to 2018. The empirical evidence is based on panel smooth transition regressions (PSTR). The nexus between economic growth and natural resources is not linear and the underlying non-linearity is contingent on existing infrastructural and governance levels. Evidence of a “natural resource curse” is apparent in countries with extremely low levels of governance and infrastructural development. The favorable effect of natural resources on economic growth requires a governance threshold of −1.210 and an infrastructure threshold of 2.583, indicating that countries with governance and infrastructure levels higher than these values tend to benefit much more from the wealth of natural resources. Countries identified below the established thresholds are mainly from Africa. Policy implications are discussed with specific emphasis on African countries.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ali, Hamid E., and Shahjahan Bhuiyan. 2022. “Governance, Natural Resources Rent, and Infrastructure Development: Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 50(2): 408–40. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12451.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Asiegbu, Martin F., Okey Marcellus Ikeanyibe, Pius Otu Abang, Okwudili Chukwuma Nwosu, and Chuka Eugene Ugwu. 2024. “Natural Resource Fund Governance and the Institutionalization of Rent Seeking in Nigeria's Oil Sector.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 52(1): 169–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12579.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ikeanyibe, Okechukwu M. 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 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 5","pages":"1059-1080"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.12623","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142430030","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":"Did the Glasgow COP26 negotiations meet or miss Article 6 (carbon markets) of the Paris Agreement? A systematic review of the literature","authors":"Majid Asadnabizadeh","doi":"10.1111/polp.12621","DOIUrl":"10.1111/polp.12621","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Paris Agreement is an important milestone in international climate policy and the associated negotiations of the United Nations Climate Summit under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Article 6 of the Paris Agreement is a supplementary mechanism—regarding carbon markets—to reduce greenhouse gases and achieve the UNFCCC's main objective of stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations. The 2021 United Nations Climate Summit in Glasgow (COP26) played a key role in the pursuit of this goal. Via an overview of Article 6 negotiations in past COP summits and a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis of the literature leading up to COP26, I identify three arguments involving Articles 6.2, 6.4, and 6.8 behind the selected literature. I substantiate these arguments based on the meta-evaluation of the existing literature and propose a three-stage meta-evaluation of the arguments on Article 6 (carbon markets) of the Paris Agreement in the context of COP26 to ascertain if the negotiations were successful in leading to requisite agreements on Article 6. I conclude that future qualitative research should focus on Articles 6.4 and 6.8 of the Paris Agreement and examine the outcomes of future climate debates to see how ideas will flow through the negotiations regarding these two articles to pursue the goal of the UNFCCC under the Paris Agreement.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Jihyung Joo, Jihyung, Jouni Paavola, and James Van Alstine. 2023. “The Divergence of South Korea's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from the EU ETS: An Institutional Complementarity View.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 51(6): 1155–73. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12566.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Nunes Silva, Carlos. 2012. “Policy and Evidence in a Partisan Age: The Great Disconnect—By Paul Gary Wyckoff.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 40(3): 541–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2012.00363.x.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Robles, Pedro, and Daniel J. Mallinson. 2023. “Catching up with AI: Pushing toward a Cohesive Governance Framework.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 51(3): 355–72. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12529.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 4","pages":"757-777"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141644769","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":"A generation divided: The politics of Generation X","authors":"Patrick Fisher","doi":"10.1111/polp.12620","DOIUrl":"10.1111/polp.12620","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Generation X often receives less attention in generational analysis due to its perceived lack of distinctiveness compared to preceding and succeeding generations in the contemporary United States. Politically, there is little justification for distinguishing Generation X as it is commonly defined, yet it harbors significant political divergence between its older and younger cohorts. In terms of partisanship, ideology, and public policy preferences, Generation X is markedly divided, essentially comprising two distinct political generations. Generation X can thus be viewed as the in-between generation representing the political dividing line between young and old. The dividing point is the birth year of 1973. Due to the considerable differences in the political climate during their formative years, those Gen Xers born before 1973 lean considerably more conservative and Republican than those born in 1973 and afterward.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Fisher, Patrick. 2020. “Generational Replacement and the Impending Transformation of the American Electorate.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 48(1): 38–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12340.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Shaykhutdinov, Renat. 2019. “Socialization, Rationality, and Age: Generational Gaps and the Attitudes toward the Chechen War in Russia.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 47(5): 931–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12323.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Stockemer, Daniel. 2016. “Is the Turnout Function in Democracies and Nondemocracies Alike or Different?” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 44(5): 889–915. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12174.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"52 5","pages":"900-917"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141644762","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}