Policy Studies Journal

“Policy narrators are policy actors who compose and tell a narrative of their context and current events that presents a policy problem and supports the adoption of their favored policy solutions.” Read FULL article here: https://lnkd.in/ge2QNwhK #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Happy to share my new article on emotionality and the Multiple Streams Framework, one on the dominant theories of the policy process. If you are interested in the novel concepts of emotional agendas (policy) window, emotional decision window, emotional policy entrepreneurs, emotional policy storms, global emotional policy storms, and others, you will find useful information in this Open Access article.

“NPF, problem definition, and implementation studies – to develop a common language for inter-disciplinary discourse.” Read FULL article here: https://lnkd.in/gNfugvNn #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

🎉 CiteScore Update! 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that PSJ is still holding the top spot with an impressive CiteScore of 11.5. A huge congratulations to everyone involved – your dedication and hard work are truly making an impact! Geoboo Song / 송거부 #PolicyStudiesJournal #PSJ

“Police unions might support reform under the right conditions because it is the winning political position.” Read FULL article here: https://lnkd.in/gFKCVqhV #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

NEW BLOG POST ALERT! Nascent policy subsystems in polycentric governance networks: The case of sea-level rise governance in the San Francisco Bay Area by Tara Pozzi, Elise Zufall, Kyra Gmoser-Daskalakis, & Francesca Vantaggiato #PSJ#PolicyStudiesJournal

#NewPublication How can learning contribute to value destruction rather than value creation? #Policylearning is always viewed as a force for common good, something policymakers do in order to address societal issues and provide value for the public. Yet can policy learning cause value destruction? And if so, how and when? In my new article titled “Hello darkness my old friend: How policy learning can contribute to value destruction” published in Policy Studies Journal, I address this question by developing a novel theoretical approach that links policy learning to value destruction. This is through conceptualizing two types of learning failures in public policy: misdirected learning design failures (non-deliberate and cybernetic) and normative failures (intentional and deontological). Then, I explore how these failures contribute to value destruction across different approaches to value, whether affecting the upkeep of public values as guiding principles of policymaking and governance, or detracting from public value, as the worth of government services delivered to the citizenry. This is while identifying the key conditions under-which these learning failures are likely to occur. You can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eGJB67ZD Department of Public Governance and Management (Ghent University) #PublicValue #ValueCreation #ValueDestruction #PolicyLearning

“Cultural contentiousness turns on the disconnect between the dominant cultural meaning of existing institutions and their material consequences and the meaning of alternative ideas and practices.” Read FULL article here: https://lnkd.in/g_hak5Mz #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Excited to see this project complete & now out at Policy Studies Journal! A paper about congressional disbursement details and media spending that only Annelise and Alison Craig would enjoy? Yes. (But I hope you'll take a look nonetheless). https://lnkd.in/eTSQwmFR

Glad to see this piece find a home at PSJ. "Where do policymakers get their information" is a really important question, especially for policymakers who are brand new at their jobs.