Calibration and specification in policy practice: Micro-dimensions of policy design by Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett

“…While these latter subjects have been examined in the past by luminaries such as Eleanor Ostrom, Guy Peters, Peter Hall and Lester Salamon, their insights into this level of policy-making have been glossed over in the mainstream policy sciences and the significance of their work for real-world policy analysis insufficiently appreciated. This article sets out a framework of policy calibrations and specifications that reconciles and incorporates these insights in order to enhance the chances of policy success through improved policy design.…”
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The Mapping of Electronic Commerce Issues and Consumer Protection Policy in Indonesia by Muhammad Mufti Mubarok

“…This study used the descriptive qualitative method of policy analysis. The findings of this study indicate that responsive policies are needed to minimize consumer incidents and strengthen cross-ministerial/institutional coordination related to consumer protection with ministries/agencies coordinating consumer protection.…”
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Determinants of informal enterprise closure by gender: a microeconometric study applied in Senegal by Ayoub Saadi, Assane Beye, Mariem Liouaeddine

“…The study relied on a database created by the Development Policy Analysis Laboratory, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, which encompassed 923 informal businesses operating in diverse sectors in Dakar. …”
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Am I My Brother’s Keeper? African American Men’s Health Within the Context of Equity and Policy by Okechuku Kelechi Enyia MPH, Yashika J. Watkins PhD, MPH, Quintin Williams PhD

“…Furthermore, the focus of much of the social determinants of health and health equity policy literature has been on advocacy, but few researchers have examined why health-related public policies have not been adopted and implemented from a political and theoretical policy analysis perspective. The purpose of this article will be to examine African American men’s health within the context of social determinants of health status, health behavior, and health inequalities—elucidating policy implications for system change and providing recommendations from the vantage point of health equity.…”
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A Case Study on Teacher Educators’ Technology Professional Development based on Student Teachers’ Perspectives in Malawi by Foster Gondwe

“…The study involved policy analysis, a survey, and interviews with student teachers in a university-based teacher education programme in Malawi. …”
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Chinese equestrian policy development: a narrative review by Jiaxin Li, Raúl Sánchez-García

“…While the horse business is shifting from traditional to leisure and sport pattern in China, through the analysis of the policies and regulations.ObjectivesThis paper aims to provide a concise overview of the government's policies which growth of equestrian sports in China over the past four decades (since 1978).MethodUnder the guidance of Whitemore and Knafl's 5-step approach to policy analysis, a systematic analysis of policy content, context, and governance processes is conducted. …”
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Analyzing voice in language policy documents of the Moroccan government by Monera Almohawes

“…This paper examined the different voices present in language policy documents in article 5 which is the section devoted to language in the Moroccan constitution of 2011 using critical discourse analysis based on three levels of language policy analysis: discourse, contextual, and textual analyses. …”
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Gender Statactivism and NGOs: Development and Use of Gender Sensitive-Data for Mobilizations and Women’s Rights by Eugenia De Rosa

“…Four phases of mobilization are identified: (a) knowledge and framing processes, (b) policy analysis, policy design and policy implementation, (c) action (campaigning and advocacy) and (d) monitoring and evaluation. …”
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Foreign policy and science: Switzerland actions to address the climate crisis effects in the arctic through the arctic council by Ferga Aristama, Fredy Buhama Lumban Tobing

“…Deploying Foreign Policy Analysis and Resources Based Theory of Soft Power as an analytical approach and qualitative approach, this study argues that Switzerland's Foreign Policy which specifically emphasizes action in climate protection and global environment is the reason behind its active participation in various global communities, including in the Arctic Council. …”
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Power, interests and representations in the construction of alcopop as public problem in Quebec, Canada by Yannick Masse, Lilian Negura

“…Using qualitative methods during this period, including interviews with key players in the field of alcohol policy, analysis of press articles and review of legislative documents, we trace the evolution of public and political discourse on alcopops. …”
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Myanmar Budget Dynamics and Their Effect on Multiple Performances of Public Service Delivery: A Multilevel Approach by Win Thiri Myaing, Seunghoo Lim

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Creative Industries, Culture-Based Entrepreneurship, and Critical Political Economy: Rethinking of the Blind Spot by Serhat KAYMAS

“…In the study, on the other hand, the entrepreneurship policies of UNESCO and the European Union in creative industries are evaluated through comparative policy analysis. At the end of the present study, a series of alternative governance models have offers for Turkey.…”
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Domestic Workers: Postcolonial Inheritance and International Relations by Karen Johanna Pozo

“…This article suggests and concludes that women domestic workers as ‘political subjects’ enrich international relations by offering critical views to the research carried out in the subfields of foreign policy analysis, international political economy, and regionalism.…”
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Optimal timing and capacity choice under the rate-of-return renewable energy support by Mariia Kozlova, Stein-Erik Fleten, Verena Hagspiel

“…While the method is widely used in RE policy analysis, the rate-of-return support is presented in this framework for the first time. …”
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Where Are We Going? International Views on Purposes, Practices and Barriers in School-Based Outdoor Learning by Sue Waite

“…The survey was designed using a conceptual framework of student outcomes from outdoor learning, derived from policy analysis and five major reviews of the field. The three most frequently reported forms of outdoor learning practiced in schools were field studies, early years outdoor activities, and outdoor and adventure education. …”
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Impact of Hypermarket Expansion on Regional Traditional Market by Bagas Haryotejo

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The End of the Supranational Dream of the European Union: Toward a More Nationalist and Intergovernmental Union by Dilara Sülün

“…The study shows the rising nationalism across Europe, through the 2019 and 2024 European Parliament (EP) elections, and the growing Euroscepticism through public opinion surveys. Moreover, a “policy analysis” is conducted through the EP resolutions between 1999 and 2024 and in European laws through Eur-lex, to reflect the number of intergovernmental operations. …”
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Enhanced Transport Economy Modelling Along the ‘New Silk Road’ by J. Stenis, W. Hogland

“…The method constitutes decision support tools for long-distance transportation at higher policy analysis organizational levels. The results of the case study point at usefulness for the launched methodology to reduce the spillages and losses when transporting cargo by truck along major transport routes. …”
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Wärmewende in der multiplen Krise – die Rolle der Gasindustrie und die Kämpfe um eine sozial-ökologische Transformation der Wärmeversorgung by H. Sander

“…Using a historical materialist policy-analysis as an operationalization of marxist political ecology and state theory the author discusses the neoliberalization of nature and the multiple crisis as a context in which four hegemony projects emerged. …”
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Potentials for emission reduction and value creation in the rehabilitation of existing building stock using input-output analysis by Perez-Valdes Gerardo A, Fufa Selamawit mamo, Fjellheim Kristin

“…Future works will improve technical data and macroeconomic assumptions, as integrate policy analysis into the methodology.…”
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