Giliberto Capano
@gcapano.bsky.social
Professor Political Science and Public Policy - University o Bologna
Just out and Open Access! On the micro-level of policy design calibrations and specifications - Giliberto Capano and Michael Howlett "The Politics of Detail The Micro-Dimension of Policy Design" 2026 Palgrave link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
The Politics of Detail
This open access focuses on the micro-dimension of policy design, this book puts forward a new framework to enable policymakers to design better policies
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Highlighting the wonderful workshop on agency in policymaking, organized by @gcapano.bsky.social, Maria Tullia Galanti, and Evangelia Petridou at #IWPP5! Together with Michael Barzelay, we were pleased to discuss our paper, “From Policy Entrepreneurship to Endeavor Steering,” with a great audience.
🧐 #Crisis scholarship shows extensive conceptual #fragmentation, inconsistent #terminology, and multiple research methods ✍️ @gcapano.bsky.social, @laura-mas.bsky.social & Stefania Profeti provide a #SystematicAnalysis of the literature on crisis and policy change 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...
A 🆕 year & the 1⃣ st Issue of 2⃣ 0⃣ 2⃣ 6⃣ Co-guest edited by @gcapano.bsky.social, Philippe Zittoun & Stefania Profeti, the Special Issue analyses the politics of governing #crises The contributions examine crisis governance across continents and policy sectors👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...
Just OUT in @policysociety.bsky.social: @gcapano.bsky.social, Stefania Profeti and my article presenting a systematic literature review of the relationship between crisis and policy change. academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...
Unpacking the multidimensional relationship between crisis and policy change: a systematic review
Abstract. This article presents a systematic review of how the relationship between crisis and policy change is conceptualized, operationalized, and analyz
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Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · last yr.Discover the “Triangle of Bureaucratic Policy Analysis” in this new PSJ blog - featuring three bureaucratic types shaping policy in Southern Europe. By @gcapano.bsky.social, Alice Cavalieri, & Andrea Pritoni Read more here: psjblog.net/2025/06/05/t... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
Discover the “Triangle of Bureaucratic Policy Analysis” in this new PSJ blog - featuring three bureaucratic types shaping policy in Southern Europe. By @gcapano.bsky.social, Alice Cavalieri, & Andrea Pritoni Read more here: psjblog.net/2025/06/05/t... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
The Triangle of Bureaucratic Policy Analysis and the Professional Types of High-Level Civil Servants: Empirical Evidence from Southern Europe
by Giliberto Capano, Alice Cavalieri, & Andrea Pritoni Public policy and public administration research has focused on conceptualizing bureaucrats as pivotal actors in the policymaking process.…
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♨️ New article! . Do policy capacities matter for federal policy design? . @gcapano.bsky.social & Vanessa Elias de Oliveira throw light on this by examining three social policy programs in #Brazil. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pad....
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South European Society & Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social · 2y ago📢In our #NewIssue (29.1)!📢 When and why high civil servants demand information from interest groups in policymaking. A Southern European perspective ⏳🆓The article by @gcapano.bsky.social & A. Pritoni is now on temporary #FreeAccess here tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In the upcoming special issue “Policy Theories in Europe“, guest edited by C. Weible, @gcapano.bsky.social critiques the limitations of four theories in policy implementation, especially outside Western contexts. #PolicyStudies #WileyPolitics #STEP_APSA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
After a long but intellectually exciting journey, this paper is finally out, in Policy Sciences, early view, fully Open Access link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Theorizing the functions and patterns of agency in the policymaking process - Policy Sciences
Theories of the policy process understand the dynamics of policymaking as the result of the interaction of structural and agency variables. While these theories tend to conceptualize structural variab...
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Season's reading 🎄 @policysociety.bsky.social's🆕Issue (4⃣3⃣-4⃣) is out❕ Guest-edited by Niklas Andersen, Valérie Pattyn & Katherine E. Smith, the Special Issue problematises the notion of “evidence culture” in evidence-informed policymaking👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...
📢In our #NewIssue (29.1)!📢 When and why high civil servants demand information from interest groups in policymaking. A Southern European perspective ⏳🆓The article by @gcapano.bsky.social & A. Pritoni is now on temporary #FreeAccess here tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Vol 12 (2024) of Annual Review of Policy Design Published - Selection of Best Work that appeared on policy design from around the world in 2024
Annual Review of Policy Design
Annual Review of Policy Design
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Just out in Policy Studies Journal, fully OA. I, Alice Cavalieri and Andrea Pritoni apply our "Triangle of Bureaucratic Policy Analysis" to a huge survey. We find 3 different empirical types of professional roles that top bureaucrats may play in policymaking onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Despite the growing interest in the policy work and analytical capacities of bureaucracies, these dimensions have not been treated as central to characterizing and understanding the role of senior ci...
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Just assigned to the no. 1/2024 of South European Society and Politics, this article I wrote together with Andrea Pritoni. Based on data collected through an online survey submitted to approximately 700 high-level public servants in Greece, Italy and Portugal www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When and why high civil servants demand information from interest groups in policymaking. A Southern European perspective
Studying how public administrations proactively search for information from interest groups provides a new perspective for a better understanding of how bureaucratic policymaking works and how civi...
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💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 ‘the likelihood of high-level civil servants soliciting information [from interest groups] is greater when they hold high policy capacities’ in #Greece, #Italy and #Portugal READ the article by @gcapano.bsky.social & Andrea Pritoni www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PoliSky
💡NEW STUDY FINDS… 💡 #Greece #Italy #Portugal civil servant-stakeholder consultation ‘‘is more probable for welfare policies and younger public servants are more accustomed to consulting interest groups’ READ article by @gcapano.bsky.social & Andrea Pritoni tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... polisci
❇️ Next week marks the end of the mandate for our 2021–24 Executive Committee, chaired by @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social 🙌 We extend heartfelt thanks to David and the outgoing EC members for their unwavering dedication and wish them all the best for the future ecpr.eu/News/News/De...
How does policy design shape policy outcomes? New Policy Sciences article by @gcapano.bsky.social & Lepori identifies 2 aspects that are especially important: (1) policy coherence (2) changing social norms vs changing resource flows link.springer.com/article/10.1...
