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{"title":"The Politics of Subjective Well-Being: How Social Capital Operates in Different Regime Types","authors":"Nguyen Van Bao,&nbsp;Dang Thi Kim Dung,&nbsp;Mai Truong","doi":"10.1111/polp.70167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70167","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To what extent does regime type condition the association between social capital and subjective well-being (SWB)? While social capital is widely recognized as a correlate of SWB, little is known about how this association varies across political contexts. Using data from the World Values Survey and Our World in Data, we analyze 262,945 observations from 95 countries to examine how three dimensions of social capital—in-group trust, out-group trust, and informal social networks—are associated with life satisfaction, happiness, and financial satisfaction. In-group trust and informal social networks are positively associated with all three SWB dimensions across political regimes. More importantly, the results reveal that regime type consistently moderates the association between out-group trust and all three SWB outcomes, with the relationship between out-group trust and well-being being more favorable in democratic contexts. By contrast, the associations of in-group trust and informal social networks with well-being are largely regime-invariant, suggesting that the well-being benefits of close social ties operate independently of political regime type. These findings highlight the nuanced role of political context in shaping the social capital–SWB relationship, with regime type mattering most for how out-group trust translates into well-being.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Flavin, P., A. C. Pacek, and B. Radcliff. 2011. “State Intervention and Subjective Well-Being in Advanced Industrial Democracies.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 39, no. 2: 251–269. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2011.00290.x.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ramírez Herrera, M. 2019. “The Measurement of Well-Being Caught between Tradition and Modernity in Mexico's Poverty Reduction Strategy.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 47, no. 1: 79–104. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12283.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Jakubow, A. 2014. “State Intervention and Life Satisfaction Reconsidered: The Role of Governance Quality and Resource Misallocation.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 42, no. 1: 3–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12057.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.70167","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148752979","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":"Scientific Collaboration in the Age of AI Geopolitics: Governing Openness Under Strategic Competition","authors":"Xinyi Guo,&nbsp;Jinghan Zeng","doi":"10.1111/polp.70166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70166","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is intensifying geopolitical competition while deepening scientific interdependence. Amid the global AI race, governments increasingly restrict technological exchange to protect national security and strategic advantage. Yet, AI innovation depends on transnational flows of knowledge, talent, data, computing resources, and open-source tools. This essay argues that science policy should navigate this tension through “managed openness,” an approach that rejects both unrestricted interdependence and wholesale technological decoupling. Drawing on the coexistence of scientific collaboration and strategic rivalry, it proposes distinguishing among forms of research risk; applying transparent, proportionate safeguards rather than broad restrictions; preserving cooperation on shared AI safety and governance challenges; and supporting scientific intermediaries that sustain communication across political divides. Managed openness also enables states to strengthen resilience in strategic areas while maintaining international collaboration. It thus offers a pragmatic framework for reconciling legitimate security concerns with the openness essential to scientific innovation and global AI governance.</p>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.70166","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148752977","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":"The Evolution of UAE's Africa Foreign Policy: Motivations, Strategies and Challenges","authors":"Osman Antwi-Boateng,&nbsp;Taha Yahya Abdulrahman","doi":"10.1111/polp.70168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70168","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Recent studies on the foreign policies of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries attribute their increasing involvement in Africa to security and economic considerations. However, only a few studies have investigated the foreign policies of the individual GCC countries in more detail for confirmation. Hence, using a neorealist perspective on small states, this article enriches this debate by examining the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) foreign policy in Africa. This task is accomplished via a qualitative case study design to analyze the UAE's transition from its limited humanitarian approach in Africa to a holistic involvement encompassing diplomatic, economic, and security engagement. The UAE's foreign policy in the Horn of Africa and West Africa is analyzed to show how the country has used its power to achieve influence despite its small state status. The findings suggest that the UAE's approach embodies neorealist principles of small-state behavior with structural limitations in the international system.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Kinyondo, A. A. 2025. “The Emirates' Inroads Into Africa: A Case Study of Mimicry in International Relations.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 53, no. 5: e70092. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70092.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Antwi-Boateng, O. and N. H. Salim Al Jaberi. 2022. “The Post-Oil Strategy of the UAE: An Examination of Diversification Strategies and Challenges.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 50, no. 2: 380–407. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12457.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ali, H. E. and S. Bhuiyan. 2022. “Governance, Natural Resources Rent, and Infrastructure Development: Evidence From the Middle East and North Africa.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 50, no. 2: 408–440. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12451.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.70168","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148752647","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":"From Perceived Reform Delivery to Vietnamese Citizens' Political Culture: Mixed-Methods Evidence on Policy Feedback","authors":"Lưu Văn Quảng,&nbsp;Nguyễn Anh Cường,&nbsp;Nguyễn Thu Hồng,&nbsp;Nguyễn Trung Kiên","doi":"10.1111/polp.70164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70164","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article examines how Vietnamese citizens' perceived reform delivery is associated with political trust and modes of citizen engagement. Using a convergent mixed-methods design, it combines a 2024–2025 cross-sectional survey of 1594 respondents with qualitative analysis of policy documents, implementation materials, and governance assessments. The findings show a strong association between perceived reform delivery and political trust, but trust translates more clearly into low-cost voice than into repeated participation or monitoring. Higher-cost engagement depends more on usable information, actionable channels, and visible feedback loops. Qualitative evidence indicates that reforms generate durable policy feedback only when official commitments become verifiable everyday experiences, including predictable procedures, usable digital services, integrity enforcement, intelligible information, and responses to citizen input. The article contributes by distinguishing policy commitments, implementation signals, and perceived delivery in the study of political culture and policy feedback.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Thayer, C. A. 2010. “Political Legitimacy in Vietnam: Challenge and Response.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 38, no. 3: 423–444. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2010.00242.x.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Duong, T. L. and Muhammad, N. S. 2026. “Illusions of Control: Authoritarian Learning and the Geopolitics of Technocratic Tyranny.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 54, no. 1: e70099. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70099.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Béland, D., Gregory, P. M., Anahely, M., and Philip, R. 2024. “Policy Feedback, Varieties of Federalism, and the Politics of Health-care Funding in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.” Politics &amp; Policy 52, no. 1: 41–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12575.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148617185","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":"Policy Transfer and Lesson-Drawing in Online Harms Regulation: From NetzDG to Online Safety","authors":"Geoffrey Cameron,&nbsp;Chris Tenove,&nbsp;Caleb Duffield","doi":"10.1111/polp.70163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70163","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Since Germany's passage of the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) in 2017, a growing number of countries have introduced online harms legislation requiring internet intermediaries to remove or address harmful or illegal content. Arguments about Germany's influence on other jurisdictions have relied on an undertheorized notion of policy transfer. We use a multiple streams framework to distinguish two mechanisms of policy transfer: emulation and lesson-drawing. We then examine the policy processes behind online harms legislation in four liberal democracies (Germany, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada). Our findings reveal lesson-drawing as the primary mechanism: cross-jurisdictional influence shaped how policy problems and solutions were defined, whereas the politics stream was driven by domestic politics. Lesson-drawing among liberal democracies should be distinguished from a form of emulation by illiberal states that we call <i>policy camouflage</i>. Understanding these mechanisms is critical for evaluating different approaches to online harms and internet regulation more generally.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Article</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Meireles, A.V. 2024. “Digital Rights in Perspective: The Evolution of the Debate in the Internet Governance Forum.” Politics &amp; Policy 52, no. 1: 12–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12571.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Robles, P. and Mallinson, D.J. 2023. “Catching Up with AI: Pushing Toward a Cohesive Governance Framework.” Politics &amp; Policy 51, no. 3: 355–72. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12529.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Manica, L., Damásio, B. and Mendonça, S. 2026. “Institutional Legacies and Governance Models: A Comparative Study of Broadband State Aid in Europe.” Politics &amp; Policy 53, no. 5: e70069. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70069.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.70163","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148615909","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":"Advancing Major Policy Change Analysis in the Advocacy Coalition Framework","authors":"Alex Osei-Kojo,&nbsp;Karin Ingold,&nbsp;Martin Ike Nwalie","doi":"10.1111/polp.70162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70162","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) has been used extensively to study policy processes globally. Existing research, however, fails to sequence the combination of factors that influence policy change. Using theory-testing process tracing and a within-case study design focused on Ghana and Nigeria, we address these knowledge gaps by answering the research question: <i>How does the interaction between external and internal shocks, and the sequence of subsystem internal dynamics, lead to major policy change?</i> The data were collected from 40 interviews and over 600 news media articles spanning 30 years. We find that initial triggers comprising the oil discovery in Ghana and regime change in Nigeria influenced dynamic factors, such as coalition formation and policy-oriented learning, leading to policy change. We propose a tripartite scheme for analyzing policy change: initial triggers (external and internal shocks), sequence of factors (subsystem internal dynamics), and outcome (major policy change).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Nam, Aerang, &amp; Christopher M. Weible. 2023. “Examining Experts' Discourse in South Korea's Nuclear Power Policy Making: An Advocacy Coalition Framework Approach to Policy Knowledge.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 51(2): 201–221. 10.1111/polp.12522.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Nwalie, Martin Ike. 2019. “Advocacy Coalition Framework and Policy Changes in a Third-World Country.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 47(3): 545–568. 10.1111/polp.12302.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Bandelow, Nils C., Johanna Hornung, &amp; Sofie Klingner. 2025. “A Multidimensional Operationalization of Policy Change.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 53(5): e70073. 10.1111/polp.70073.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.70162","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148615908","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":"From Policy Reform to Strategic Governance Reconfiguration: Pathways to Sustainable Development in Africa","authors":"Almamo Ceesay,&nbsp;Antun Mardiyanta","doi":"10.1111/polp.70165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70165","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Sustainable development remains a central objective of public policy. However, governance reforms in Africa have achieved limited results due to fragmented policies, weak institutions, and low adaptive capacity. These challenges are compounded by overlapping governance frameworks operating across continental, regional, and national levels. This study re-examines governance frameworks and introduces the Sustainable Development Governance Model (SDGM) to align public policy and governance with sustainability goals. Guided by the research question (how can governance frameworks be strategically re-evaluated to improve public policy effectiveness and sustainable development?), the study employs qualitative content analysis to examine key governance frameworks across policy scales. The findings reveal persistent structural and coordination gaps despite emerging institutional innovations and adaptive governance practices. The analysis shows that incremental reforms are ineffective without coordinated policies, adaptable institutions, and multilevel governance integration. The study contributes to governance and policy studies by offering a framework that moves beyond reform-oriented approaches.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ben Brik, Anis. 2025. “Deconstructing Policy Evaluation in the Global South: Historical, Political, and Transnational Influences.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 53, no. 5: e70061. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70061.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Villanueva Ulfgard, Rebecka. 2019. “Mexico's Struggle with Development between Global Compromises and National Development Plans.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 47, no. 1: 50–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12288.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Adegboye, Alex, Kofo Adegboye, Uwalomwa Uwuigbe, Stephen Ojeka, and Eyitemi Fasanu. 2023. “Taxation, Democracy, and Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Relevant Linkages for Sustainable Development Goals.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 51, no. 4: 696-722. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12547.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148616068","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":"Making Transparency Work: FOI Officials as Relational Managers","authors":"Fernando Nieto-Morales","doi":"10.1111/polp.70156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70156","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines how Freedom of Information (FOI) officials in Mexico implement transparency amid institutional fragility and growing political hostility. Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials from three federal ministries, the article argues that FOI implementation relies not only on rules and procedures but also on the relational work FOI officials perform as they navigate multi-directional accountability. The analysis identifies three mechanisms—trust-building, translation, and adaptive brokerage—through which officials secure cooperation from internal departments, reassure political superiors and regulators, and maintain external credibility. The findings reveal a transparency paradox: FOI systems designed to minimize discretion depend heavily on the discretionary relational work of those who operate them. By conceptualizing FOI officials as relational managers, the study advances FOI research, extends street-level bureaucracy theory into highly legalized domains, and highlights the often-invisible institutional maintenance work required to “make transparency work” in increasingly challenging environments.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Lagunes, P. F. 2012. “Corruption's Challenge to Democracy: A Review of the Issues.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 40, no. 5: 802–826. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2012.00384.x.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Montes de Oca Barrera, L. B. 2019. “Persistent Exclusion in Mexico: Regulatory Governance as an Imperfect Project of Political Modernization.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 47, no. 1: 127–151. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12291.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Nohlen, D. 2009. “Constitutional Jurisdiction and the Consolidation of Democracy.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 37, no. 1: 3–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2008.00159.x.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148462849","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":"Conflicts Over Wage Floors: What Led to Minimum Wage Increases in the US States Between 2013 and 2022?","authors":"Emanuel Schuller","doi":"10.1111/polp.70160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70160","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>After 2013, the number of statewide minimum wage increases in the United States surged. However, not every state followed the trend. Some refrained from minimum wage legislation completely. This article examines the causes of differences in state minimum wage policies from 2013 to 2022, taking a qualitative perspective on minimum wage politics in the context of polarized party politics, mobilized low-wage workers, and direct democracy in times of federal policy gridlock. Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), I find that minimum wage campaigns, such as the Fight for $15 movement, were critical in driving state minimum wage legislation. However, such campaigns only led to minimum wage increases in combination with either a Democratic trifecta or a ballot initiative.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Haselswerdt, J. 2026. “Do Americans Exhibit ‘Welfare Chauvinism?’ Experimental Evidence on Social Welfare, Immigration, and Voting.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 54, no. 3: e70136. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70136.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Wagle, U. R. 2013. “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, no. 6: 947–984. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12053.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Butz, A. M. and J. E. Kehrberg. 2015. “Social Distrust and Immigrant Access to Welfare Programs in the American States.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 43, no. 2: 256–286. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12115.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.70160","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148386712","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":"Suffering, Silence, and the State: Mass Observation's 1994 Assisted Dying Letters and the Enduring Politics of Palliative Care","authors":"Kathryn McEwan,&nbsp;Irene Hardill,&nbsp;Helen Merlane","doi":"10.1111/polp.70158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70158","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Assisted dying has returned to UK policy debate amid legislative scrutiny and growing hospice sector instability. This paper brings 1994 Mass Observation data into dialog with contemporary debates to examine how members of the public understood suffering, autonomy, and care at the end of life. We show that assisted dying was framed as a pragmatic response to anticipated suffering and feared dependency, while palliative care was largely absent from public perceptions. This historical perspective shows that contemporary anxieties about care fragility and dependency are not new but reflect enduring patterns in how the public anticipates suffering at the end-of-life. We identify a persistent disjunction between public reasoning and parliamentary confidence in palliative care, arguing that these imaginaries reflect enduring concerns about suffering that extend beyond physical pain to encompass existential and relational dimensions, and that continue to shape assisted dying debates today.</p>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.70158","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148386711","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}