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{"title":"Moving in Cycles: Explaining the Failure of Militarization to Address Illegal Mining in Ghana","authors":"Sulemana Alhassan Saaka,&nbsp;Phil Faanu","doi":"10.1111/polp.70159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70159","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Mining contributes to Ghana's economic growth but also imposes significant social costs—land dispossession and unemployment—which have fueled the rise of illegal mining (galamsey). Galamsey, which intensified during the commodity boom of the 2010s, provides livelihoods while simultaneously worsening environmental degradation and social precarity. This study employs a qualitative desktop methodology, drawing on secondary literature, policy documents, and media reports, to examine the state's use of military crackdowns to response to galamsey. The findings demonstrate that military interventions have been largely ineffective, often raising human rights concerns and eroding state–community relations. Utilizing a network-based political economy framework, the paper argues that enforcement strategies are structurally misaligned, as they focus on frontline miners while leaving intact the networks of complicit political elites, financiers, regulatory actors, and traditional authorities. Effective responses, therefore, require coordinated, system-wide interventions that disrupt these networks rather than coercive, site-level enforcement.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Antwi-Boateng, Osman, and Mamudu Abunga Akudugu. 2020. “Golden Migrants: The Rise and Impact of Illegal Chinese Small-Scale Mining in Ghana.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 48(1): 135–167. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12342.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Abdulai, Abdul-Gafaru, Justice Nyigmah Bawole, and Emmanuel Kojo Sakyi. 2018. “Rethinking Persistent Poverty in Northern Ghana: The Primacy of Policy and Politics over Geography.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 46(2): 233–262. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12250.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ndjakwa Tonga, Manuella, Lucy Anning, Magalie Gabriella Ngaba Mbai-Akem, and Thales Pacific Yapatake Kossele. 2022. “Rich and Poor: How Political Governance Crises Have Affected the Relationship between Diamond Exports and Economic Growth in the Central African Republic.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 50(2): 441–464. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12459.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.70159","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148386397","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":"Policy Design Beyond Instruments: Agendas, Purposive Ordering, and Conflict Displacement","authors":"Rubén Junca","doi":"10.1111/polp.70157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70157","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Instrument-centered policy design has refined the study of tools, policy mixes, sequencing, coherence, and delivery. This article argues, however, that this strand of scholarship has developed richer vocabularies for conflict around instruments and implementation than for the political constitution, prioritization, and provisional stabilization of collective purpose. Through a conceptual reconstruction of policy design in conversation with agenda-setting, problem definition, governance, public value, and policy feedback scholarship, the article identifies an analytical asymmetry in how different locations of political conflict are theorized. It makes three contributions. First, it conceptualizes conflict displacement: the recurrent recoding of unresolved purposive conflict into managerial categories such as coordination, implementation, coherence, and performance. Second, it repositions agendas as a key unit of political design linking purpose, instruments, and delivery. Third, it distinguishes purposive coherence from delivery coherence. The article thus offers a framework for diagnosing where policy instability originates.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ralston, Shane. 2008. “Intelligently Designing Deliberative Health Care Forums: Dewey's Metaphysics, Cognitive Science, and a Brazilian Example.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 36 (6): 1155. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2008.00157_11.x/abstract.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Considine, Mark. 2012. “Thinking Outside the Box? Applying Design Theory to Public Policy.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 40(4): 704–724. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2012.00372.x.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Alvariño, Manuel. 2025. “Care at the Crossroads: How Policy Feedback Shaped Competing Feminist Advocacy for Parental Leave Reform in Spain.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 53(1): e70005. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70005.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148357966","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":"Channeling Action: How Civic Recreation Organizations Shape Civic Capacity and Engagement","authors":"Emma Scheetz,&nbsp;David Carter","doi":"10.1111/polp.70161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70161","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In this paper, we examine the individual-level and organizational-level implications of participation in a particular type of civic association—a civic recreation organization. We deploy a small-<i>n</i> comparison group design, comparing data within and across members of a civic recreation organization with varying degrees of involvement to investigate the impacts of participation. Study results suggest that at the organizational level, civic recreation organizations can be a source of civic information, a place to build civic skills, and increase the social capital of participants. At the individual level, degree of participation in the organization did not necessarily indicate the number of civic activities the participants engaged in but rather the scope of activities, with higher degrees of participation correlating to narrower focus of civic activities. Results indicate that civic recreation organizations can serve as a gateway for people with interests outside of policy and politics to become engaged civically.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Henderson, A., S. D. Brown, and S. M. Pancer. 2012. “Political and Social Dimensions of Civic Engagement: The Impact of Compulsory Community Service.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 40, no. 1: 93-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2011.00341.x.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Sabia, D. 2003. “Community Service Learning: Bridging Education and Social Practice.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 31, no. 2: 347-370. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2003.tb00152.x.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Tusalem, R. F. 2016. “The Effect of Historical Pact Making and Civic Associations on Democratic Outcomes.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 44, no. 4: 712–750. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12166.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148357967","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":"Legislative Control of Rulemaking in a Dependent State: A Critical Typology From Brazil","authors":"Paulo Borges Mathias Costa,&nbsp;Christiane dos Santos Teixeira Delphim,&nbsp;Paulo Henrique de Almeida Rodrigues","doi":"10.1111/polp.70141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70141","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In Brazil, legislative control conditions regulatory agencies' rulemaking through substantive limits, procedural requirements, and ex post review. Drawing on legal analysis and documentary evidence, this article maps these mechanisms through a differentiated framework that combines legislative oversight scholarship, historical institutionalism, Marxist state theory, and Marxist Dependency Theory. It argues that, under dependent capitalism, legislative oversight is not merely a technical correction for bureaucratic drift, but a strategic response to a structural “double pressure”: the need to sustain external credibility while managing domestic legitimacy crises. The result is a critical typology that specifies how distinct legislative coalitions activate material, procedural, and ex post controls. Rather than treating Brazil as an isolated case, the article offers an analytical basis for comparison across regulatory states in the Global South and clarifies the limits of democratic accountability in peripheral economies.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Aboelwafa, Tarek, and Abdulfattah Yaghi. 2024. “Parliamentary Questions, Institutional Change, and Legislative Oversight in a Non-Western Context.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 52(2): 365–383. 10.1111/polp.12593.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Alves, Daniel H. 2025. “Elections, Coalitions, and the Politics of Brazil's Macroeconomic Stabilization.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 52(6): 1227–1245. 10.1111/polp.12637.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Kostadinova, Tatiana, and Milena I. Neshkova. 2025. “Personalist Leadership and Corruption: Evidence From Third Wave Democracies.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 53(4): e70056. 10.1111/polp.70056.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.70141","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148237825","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":"Rethinking Ethnicity and Democratic Transition in Ethiopia: Identity, Federalism, and the Crisis of Statehood","authors":"Asnake A. Chanie","doi":"10.1111/polp.70145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70145","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ethiopia's 2018 political opening was widely interpreted as a historic democratic breakthrough, yet the subsequent trajectory revealed deeper structural crises rooted in contested statehood, fragmented national identity, and institutional fragility. Drawing on historical institutionalism, theories of democratization, and frameworks of power and state-building, the article argues that Ethiopia's 2018 transition unfolded without the foundational consensus for democratic consolidation. The modern Ethiopian state, shaped by the expansion of state authority and the uneven incorporation of diverse populations, produced competing narratives of belonging that ethnic federalism both recognized and entrenched. Although early reforms expanded political participation, they lacked institutional safeguards to manage heightened mobilization, enabling rival elites to advance maximalist claims. The erosion of performance-based legitimacy, rising ethnic polarization, and the eruption of deadly conflicts in various regions underscore the limits of liberalization in a deeply divided society. Democratization in Ethiopia thus remains untenable without a renegotiated political settlement balancing autonomy and national unity.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ondoua Beyene, Blaise, Thierry Mamadou Asngar, Bruno Emmanuel Ongo Nkoa, Prisca Koncy Fossoa, and Cyrille Bergali Kamdem. 2025. “Cultural Diffusion and Democracy: What Lessons in Sub-Saharan Africa's Experience?” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 53(1): e70012. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70012.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ziso, Edson. 2020. “The Political Economy of the Chinese Model in Ethiopia.” <i>Politics &amp;</i> Policy 48(5): 908-931. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12374.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Byrne, Jennifer. 2016. “Contextual Identity among Liberian Refugees in Ghana: Identity Salience in a Protracted Refugee Situation.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 44(4): 751-782. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12169.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148237654","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":"Understanding Petitioner Motivations, Campaign Activities and Perceptions of Success","authors":"Lauren Martin","doi":"10.1111/polp.70146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70146","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Petitioning parliament has seen a revival in popularity thanks to modern-day technology and social media. Over 10 years on from its inception in 2015, the UK Government and Parliament system in the United Kingdom has received tens of thousands of petitions signed by millions of people. Despite the popularity of e-petitions, little is understood about both the qualitative motivations of petitioners and the wider campaigning benefits that arise from using them in terms of wider democratic “goods” and policy outcomes. This article addresses this gap by asking why petitioners began their campaign in the first place, how they campaigned and what outcomes they achieved based upon nine case study e-petitions submitted in the 2019–2024 Parliament. In doing so it provides empirical knowledge about the strategies petitioners employ to influence policy making processes and where democratic value is “added” by using a system that has formal ties to the representative institution.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Veloso Meireles, Adriana. 2024. “Digital Rights in Perspective: The Evolution of the Debate in the Internet Governance Forum.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 52(1): 12–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12571.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Perrella, Andrea M. L. 2011. “Conditions for Efficacious Petitions: Empirical Evidence from Two Cities.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 39(5): 787–812. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2011.00314.x.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Saeki, Manabu. 2008. “Vote.com? Issue Voting of Internet Users in the 2000 Presidential Election.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 33(2): 296–311. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2005.tb00644.x.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.70146","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148174446","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":"Evaluating Ballot Initiative Results for Adult-Use Marijuana in Ohio: Understanding County-Level Support","authors":"Gideon Cunningham,&nbsp;A. Lee Hannah,&nbsp;Mimosa Khatun","doi":"10.1111/polp.70144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.70144","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In the 2023 November election, Ohioans voted in favor of Issue 2—the Marijuana Legalization Initiative. The successful passing of this initiative at the ballot box made Ohio the 24th state and largest Republican voting state to adopt a recreational adult-use marijuana policy. Issue 2 was voted in favor of by a margin of 57% to 43%. Support across Ohio counties varied, ranging from a high of 70% to a low of 31%. This paper investigates what factors account for these disparities in support for the legalization of recreational marijuana in Ohio. We explore the usual partisan and cultural explanations and consider two unexplored hypotheses. First, we find a positive relationship between the county-level number of medical marijuana dispensaries and county-level support for the legalization of recreational adult-use marijuana. Second, we find that as the county-level overdose rate increased, county-level support for the legalization of recreational use of marijuana increased at first but then fell after a certain threshold.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Related Articles</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Branton, R., and Ronald J. McGauvran. 2018. “Mary Jane Rocks the Vote: The Impact of Climate Context on Support for Cannabis Initiatives.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 46, no. 2: 209–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12248.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Brekken, K. C., and Vanessa M. F. 2020. “Part of the Narrative: Generic News Frames in the U.S. Recreational Marijuana Policy Subsystem.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 49, no. 1: 6–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12388.</p>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Fisk, J. M., Joseph A. V., and Davis E. 2018. “Pot'reneurial Politics: The Budgetary Highs and Lows of Recreational Marijuana Policy Innovation.” <i>Politics &amp; Policy</i> 46, no. 2: 189–208. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12246.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51679,"journal":{"name":"Politics & Policy","volume":"54 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/polp.70144","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148173927","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}

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