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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Out NOW! Howlett, Ramesh & Perl's Studying Public Policy 5th Ed | A textbook for upper-level undergraduates and graduates synthesizing theory, recent research and global consideration of policymaking. Find out more: ☑️ cup.org/3QKytWT

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Discover Studying Public Policy, 5th Edition, Michael Howlett, HB ISBN: 9781009691796 on Cambridge Aspire website

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Due out TODAY with Cambridge U Press - Studying Public Policy 5th Edition - M. Howlett, M. Ramesh, A. Perl Table of contents at: www.book2look.com/book/9781009...

Studying Public Policy : Michael Howlett,M Ramesh,Anthony Perl

This comparative textbook is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Each chapter builds analytical skills progressively, integrating current theory with practical analysis,…

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The 2025 Journal Citation Reports are out and Policy and Society has had an exceptional year. The journal ranks 2nd of 97 journals in the Public Administration category and 4th of 332 in Political Science. Its impact factor stands at 6.2. academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

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Policy and Society is a leading international open access journal that publishes peer-reviewed research on critical issues in policy theory and practice at the local, national and international…

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The 2025 Journal Citation Reports are out and Policy Design and Practice (PDP) has secured a strong result with an impact factor of 4.3. PDP is a young journal intended for practitioners and competes against long-established titles in the field. www.tandfonline.com/journals/rpd...

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The just released 2026 Clarivate IF for Policy Sciences is 4.5. This year's IF is up from 3.7 last year and is the highest ever recorded by the Journal outside of the two year COVID bump most journals received in 2021 & 2022. Congratulations!

Just Out - June 2026 Issue of Policy & Society 45(3) - Symposium on Collaborative Governance in Social Policy. Guest Editors: Kidjie Saguin and Azad Singh Bali & articles on welfare chauvinism, citizen participation, policy change and instrument design academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Just appeared - With Jale Tosun and colleagues "Mobilizing volunteer engagement for the Sustainable Development Goals: design lessons from volunteering policies" in Policy Design & Practice. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Mobilizing volunteer engagement for the Sustainable Development Goals: design lessons from volunteering policies

Despite growing recognition of volunteering as a helpful civic resource for addressing societal challenges, including delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the designs of the policy...

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JUST OUT - June 2026 issue of Policy Sciences. Articles on problem definition, evidence, blame, policy feedback, path dependence, policy dynamics, knowledge, ACF, the policy cycle, and the Taylor Swift Effect by Maor, Ingold, Cashore, Prakash, Head & many others. link.springer.com/journal/1107...

JUST OUT - June 2026 issue of Policy Sciences. Articles on problem definition, evidence, blame, policy feedback, path dependence, policy dynamics, knowledge, ACF, the policy cycle, and the Taylor Swift Effect by Maor, Ingold, Cashore, Prakash, Head & many others. link.springer.com/journal/1107...

Citiscore 2025 for Policy & Society is out: in 2024 the score was 12, in 2025 now 13.6 Now no. 1 globally in Public Administration (last year we were 3) and 2 in Political Science and International relations (last year we were 3). Congratulations! academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

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Policy and Society is a leading international open access journal that publishes peer-reviewed research on critical issues in policy theory and practice at the local, national and international levels...

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Soon to appear - June 2026 - 5th Edition of Studying Public Policy - Howlett, Ramesh & Perl Discount code until July 31 in the attached. More details at www.cambridge.org/ca/universit...

Soon to appear - June 2026 - 5th Edition of Studying Public Policy - Howlett, Ramesh & Perl Discount code until July 31 in the attached. More details at www.cambridge.org/ca/universit...

NEW APPOINTMENT - POLICY SCIENCES Welcome to Kris Hartley of Arizona State University who steps into the Associate Editor position vacated by Katrina Korfmacher of the University of Rochester. Kris will take the lead on topics from urban governance to artificial intelligence. www.krishartley.com

New Cambridge Elements in Public Policy "Policy Experiments: A View From Elsewhere" by Sebastián Ureta Published online 03 April 2026 www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Policy Experiments

Cambridge Core - Political Economy - Policy Experiments

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Just Out and Open Access. March issue of Policy Design & Practice - Articles on policy labs, tax policy, co-design, co-regulation, goals, performance, capacity, identity, diversity & positive public administration.

Still Walking on the Bright Side? Developments in the Scientific Study of Policy Success Special Edition – Call for Papers Eds. Paul Cairney, Matthew Flinders, Janine O’Flynn, Tina Nabatchi Please send abstracts, paper proposals, or questions to m.flinders@sheffield.ac.uk by 1 June 2026.

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Just Out and Open Access in Public Administration and Policy - "Capacity for what? Elon Musk’s DOGE, public value destruction and the darkside of policy capacity" - by Adam Wellstead and Michael Howlett doi.org/10.1108/PAP-...

Capacity for what? Elon Musk’s DOGE, public value destruction and the darkside of policy capacity

Purpose. This paper addresses a missing element in Wu et al.’s (2015) ninefold policy capacity framework: the ‘capacity for what’ question. Specifically, it explores the objectives toward which…

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Just out and Open Access in Policy & Politics - "Inferential reasoning in policy analysis: knowledge use under uncertainty and complexity" by M. Ramesh & M. Howlett (March 30, 2026). bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Just out! Special Issue of Policy & Society on Policy Termination - March 2026. Articles on state-driven sectors, strategic practices, policy salience, politics, popularity, negative feedback and dismantling academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Volume 45 Issue 2 | Policy and Society | Oxford Academic

Policy and Society is a leading international open access journal that publishes peer-reviewed research on critical issues in policy theory and practice at the local, national and international…

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Just out! March 2026 issue of Policy Sciences. Articles on accountability, policy fit, microplastics, Nigeria, feedback, euthanasia, layering, AI and policy labs. link.springer.com/journal/1107...

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Special Issue on Complex Policy Design: Current Innovations in Conceptualization, Measurement, and Application - Eds. Saba Siddiki, Matia Vannoni, and Chris Koski Abstracts to ssiddiki@syr.edu by June 1, 2026 with subject "Proposal for Special Issue on Complex Policy Design".

Coming soon! With Cambridge University Press - Studying Public Policy: Connecting Theory to Practice, Fifth ed. by Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh and Anthony Perl - June 2026 www.cambridge.org/highereducat...

📬 One option for #PolicyReform is to #terminate or end a policy, program, or project. However, there are other similar but different outcomes 🖊️ @andreamigone.bsky.social, Alexander Howlett & @howlettm.bsky.social study #DefensePolicy and #military spending in #Canada 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2025-2026 Lasswell Prize for Best Article in Policy Sciences winner. "Theorizing the functions annd patterns of agency in the policy-making process" - Giliberto Capano, Maria Tullia Galanti, Karin Ingold, Evangelia Petridou & Christopher Weible 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…

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Just out in issue "From demand-side to supply-side regulation of government consultants: Recent trends in three OECD countries" by Sahar Zaman, Michael Howlett & Andrea Migone, Public Money & Management 26(2):163-173 2026 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From demand-side to supply-side regulation of government consultants: Recent trends in three OECD countries

Both practitioners and academics now grapple with concerns raised in legislatures and the media surrounding the use of consultants in the public sector. Issues around declines in public service cap...

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ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2025-2026 Lasswell Prize for Best Article in Policy Sciences winner. "Theorizing the functions annd patterns of agency in the policy-making process" - Giliberto Capano, Maria Tullia Galanti, Karin Ingold, Evangelia Petridou & Christopher Weible 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…

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Just out and open access in Policy & Society - " Policy termination in state-driven spheres: the role of inter-agency de-alignment" by Andrea Migone , Alexander Howlett , Michael Howlett @howlettm academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Policy termination in state-driven spheres: the role of inter-agency de-alignment

Abstract. Early studies of policy termination focused on identifying the drivers and barriers to ending programs, such as the emergence of fiscal and other

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New preprint! A general overview of stats in public policy research with this (oversimplified but still helpful) separation of methods into description, explanation, and prediction #policysky HTML/PDF: stats.andrewheiss.com/snoopy-spring/ SocArXiv: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Just Out and Open Access! Special Issue of Policy & Society 44(4) Dec 2025 on Politics of Intermediation eds. Jale Tosun, David Levi-Faur, Avri Eitan. Articles on regulation, compliance and collaboration across multiple sectors and countries academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...