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.

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)

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)

‘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)