Policy Sciences - Free Access Collection

The Editors of Policy Sciences invite you to enjoy free access to a rolling selection of articles.  Beginning January 1, 2024, this collection will be updated monthly with a new assortment of papers, and each selected non-open access paper will be available free of charge for a period of eight weeks. Open access papers are always available free of charge.

Devil in the details? Policy settings and calibrations of national excellence-centers (this opens in a new tab) by Anat Gofen, Adam M. Wellstead & Noa Tal (Free Access through June 30)

Coping with the ambiguities of poverty-alleviation programs and policies: a policy sciences approach (this opens in a new tab) by William Ascher (Free Access through June 30)

Understanding the role of institutions in the multiple streams approach through the recognition of the diaspora as a development agent in Cameroon (this opens in a new tab) by Léger Félix Ntienjom Mbohou (Free Access through June 30)

Policy change and information search: a test of the politics of information using regulatory data (this opens in a new tab) by Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay, Maria Alejandra Costa & Éric Montpetit (Free Access through June 30)

Symposium: Affect and emotions in policy dynamics (this opens in a new tab) by Moshe Maor & Tereza Capelos (Free Access through June 30)

Advancing scholarship on policy conflict through perspectives from oil and gas policy actors (this opens in a new tab) by Jennifer A. Kagan, Tanya Heikkila, Christopher M. Weible, Duncan Gilchrist, Ramiro Berado & Hongtao Yi (Free Access through July 31)

How do courts contribute to policy integration? A comparative study of policy integration processes in Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala (this opens in a new tab) by Paul Cisneros (Free Access through July 31)

Female members of parliament, right-wing parties, and the inclusiveness of immigration policy: evidence from 26 European countries (this opens in a new tab) by Shouzhi Xia (Free Access through July 31)

Implementing policy integration: policy regimes for care policy in Chile and Uruguay (this opens in a new tab) by Guillermo M. Cejudo & Cynthia L. Michel (Free Access through July 31)

When active representation is not enough: ethnic minority street-level workers in a divided society and policy entrepreneurship (this opens in a new tab) by Hani Nouman & Nissim Cohen (Free Access through July 31)

‘Windows of opportunity’: Exploring the relationship between social media and plastic policies during the COVID-19 Pandemic (this opens in a new tab) by Joanna Vince, Estelle Praet, John Schofield & Kathy Townsend (Open Access)

Mapping design activities and methods of public sector innovation units through the policy cycle model (this opens in a new tab) by Diana Pamela Villa Alvarez, Valentina Auricchio & Marizia Mortati (Open Access)

The European 2030 climate and energy package: do domestic strategy adaptations precede EU policy change? (this opens in a new tab) By Lana Ollier, Florence Metz, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Leonhard Späth & Johan Lilliestam (Open Access)