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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.


What counts? Policy evidence in public hearing testimonies: the case of single-payer healthcare in New York State (this opens in a new tab) by Yongjin Choi, Ashley M. Fox & Jennifer Dodge (Free Access through April 30)

Politicking with evidence: examining evidence-based issues in electoral policy narratives (this opens in a new tab) by Laura Wolton & Deserai A. Crow (Free Access through April 30)

Understanding policy transfer through social network analysis: expanding methodologies with an intensive case study approach (this opens in a new tab) by Christopher Walker & Alex Moulis (Free Access through April 30)

From hierarchy to continuum: classifying the technical dimension of policy goals (this opens in a new tab) by Ana Petek, Borna Zgurić, Marjeta Šinko, Krešimir Petković, Mario Munta, Marko Kovačić, Anka Kekez & Nikola Baketa (Free Access through April 30)

Seeking policy solutions in a complex system: experimentalist governance in China’s healthcare reform (this opens in a new tab) by Alex Jingwei He, Yumeng Fan & Rui Su (Free Access through May 31)

The promises and perils of populism for democratic policymaking: the case of Mexico (this opens in a new tab) by Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna (Free Access through May 31)

Policy integration as a political process (this opens in a new tab) by Guillermo M. Cejudo & Philipp Trein (Free Access through May 31)

Participatory decision-making in the policy integration process: indigenous consultation and sustainable development in Mexico (this opens in a new tab) by Israel Solorio, Jorge Guzmán & Ixchel Guzmán (Free Access through May 31)

PPP performance evaluation: the social welfare goal, principal-agent theory and political economy (this opens in a new tab) by Mark A. Moore & Aidan R. Vining (Free Access through May 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)

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