Policy Studies Journal

The upcoming PSJ 53(3) will feature a special issue on policy design, and it marks a real milestone for the journal. Special issue editors, Dr. Saba Siddiki (Syracuse), Tomás Olivier (Syracuse), and Cali Curley (Miami), put in an incredible amount

<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library Syringe littering in public places is a public health problem in many big cities nationwide amid the ongoing opioid crisis. Besides needle exchanges and/or safe disposal efforts, cash incentives have...

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Why would a city buy back syringes? Explore this PSJ article on Boston’s novel public health approach to cleaner streets.

By Angie N. Le, Boyuan Zhao, Shaoming Cheng & Sukumar Ganapati

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Explore this PSJ article revealing how U.S. anti-trafficking laws spread unevenly across states as a result of how target populations are socially constructed and what each policy intends to achieve.

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Does Disclosure Matter? Coupling Information to Performance in Texas - doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Steven P. McKnight, David P. Adams & Jonathan M. Fisk

Can Collective Action Institutions Outperform the State? - doi.org/10.1111/psj....
By Max Harleman & Jeremy G. Weber

What happens when policy entrepreneurs seize a fleeting window of opportunity? This PSJ article revisits Mexico’s tax reform through the lenses of Multiple Streams and Advocacy Coalition frameworks.

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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library Feedback is ubiquitous in complex systems and critical to the process of designing public policies to solve problems such as climate adaptation. However, well-known cognitive and institutional constr....

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"Understanding the Impact of Institutions on Climate-Adaptive Policy Designs: A Study of Collective Action Inference in Urban Water Systems" led by the great Aaron Deslatte, w/ @jesselbarnes.bsky.social & others!

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Read here: Courts, Stories, and the Narrative Policy Framework – doi.org/10.1111/psj....

By Edward F. Kammerer

Read here: Centering Critical Race Theory in Policy Design: A Reframing of Multiple Streams Framework – doi.org/10.1111/psj....

By Jonathan Wong

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The Dark Side of Policy Learning: When Learning Leads to Value Destruction by Bishoy L. Zaki Understanding why policy actors do what they do and how their actions influence the public have always been fundamental questions in not only public policy but also public adminis…

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Explore this PSJ blog challenging the idea that learning always leads to better policy by revealing how learning failures can distort outcomes and destroy public value.

By @bishoyzaki.bsky.social

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New @psjeditor.bsky.social study by Yuhao Ba et al finds positive association between legislative attention & efficiency of US non-profit housing organisations. Stronger legislative engagement could mean more efficient housing support for communities in need. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What made Sweden one of the first countries to adopt a carbon tax? Discover how timing, transnational ideas, and political coalitions converged in this PSJ article from our latest issue.

By Åsa Knaggård & Roger Hildingsson

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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library Local criminalization policies draw on the logic of deterrence to levy costs on individuals who engage in behaviors that are closely associated with various public concerns, such as those criminalizi...

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Discover this open-access PSJ article questioning whether criminalizing homelessness actually reduces its prevalence or delivers cost savings.

By Hannah Lebovits & Andrew Sullivan

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Can cultural worldviews shape how people support different climate policies? Explore this open-access PSJ article from our latest issue that says yes!

By Christian Bretter & Felix Schulz

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Discover this PSJ Early View article on how access to payday loans changed the short and long term impact of COVID-19 stimulus checks on household debt.

By Grace Beals

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We’re proud to have such a dedicated and inspiring leader on the PSJ editorial team. @policyandpups.bsky.social

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How does a focusing event shape public opinion? Natural experimental evidence from the Orlando mass shooting by Youlang Zhang & Xinsheng Liu Scholars of the policy process posit that focusing events often shift public attention, policy preferences, and reshape the policy agenda. The scholarship, howev…

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Explore the latest PSJ blog introducing the “deep water null effect”, showing why even focusing events like the Orlando shooting spark concern, but not support for specific reforms.

By Youlang Zhang & Xinsheng Liu

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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library Can state election policies affect the spread of misinformation? This paper studies the role played by ballot processing policies, which determine when ballots can be examined and organized, in the o...

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Ballot processing delays = more misinformation? Dive into this PSJ Early View article showing how restrictions on ballot processing fueled false narratives on X/Twitter after the 2020 U.S. election.

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Explore this PSJ Early View open-access article revealing how market-based reforms in Israel’s social services procurement empowered large corporations and reshaped the rules of the game.

By @reutmar.bsky.social & Shir Gal

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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library What are the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power? This paper argues that institutional power is affected by the architecture of the “acquisition regime”—the ....

1/5Happy to share this from @psjeditor.bsky.social, w Shir Gal (TAU). We study the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power. We find that *how* the state purchases (its acquisition regime) shapes corporations' instit' power
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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library Can state election policies affect the spread of misinformation? This paper studies the role played by ballot processing policies, which determine when ballots can be examined and organized, in the o...

Legislating Uncertainty: New paper about the 2020 election, showing how laws in certain states (specically laws that delayed the counting of mail-in ballots) increased uncertainty about election results and contributed to rumoring about election integrity: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

How progressive is your water bill? Explore this PSJ article revealing how local governments use utility pricing as redistributive policy, especially where income inequality is high.

By David Switzer & @mpteodoro.bsky.social

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How can governments sustain compliance improvements when institutions falter and ad hoc enforcement fades?

Our paper offers a fresh answer to this governance puzzle.

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How do we measure coalitions in policymaking? Explore this open-access PSJ article introducing the Advocacy Coalition Index, tested in Finland and Sweden, to assess belief alignment and coordinated action.

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How do crises challenge the legitimacy of scientific advice?

Drawing on three cases in Switzerland—this study shows that it’s not just the science itself, but how institutions structure and manage expert advice that shapes public trust.

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Explore this open-access PSJ article from our latest issue examining how government system, cabinet type, and ideology shape the immigration welfare link using data from 28 advanced democracies.

By @sailing1123.bsky.social

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