Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Social Policy and Reform Studies

External reference: https://openalex.org/T10443

  1. Plant closure reduced incumbent votes, but effects faded after compensation
    Analysis of Danish shipyard closure shows plant closures reduce incumbent support through unemployment and blame attribution, but targeted compensation policies can neutralize electoral effects.
  2. Article proposes adding emotion to coalition theory
    Integrating emotional mechanisms into the Advocacy Coalition Framework to explain policy subsystem dynamics, coalition stability, and membership persistence.
  3. Cabinet policy orientation and capital inflows in OECD countries
    Cabinet policy orientation and gross capital inflows in OECD countries. Transitions to market-oriented cabinets boost direct investment; reform efficacy varies by ideology.
  4. EU public employment programmes differed from job guarantee principles
    Analysis of EU public employment programmes during the Great Recession, comparing activation-based labour market policy with Minsky's Job Guarantee framework and recent EU Member State experiments.