This paper first identifies the varied meanings and objectives of joined-up government (JUG). Subsequently it explores the costs and risks involved, and briefly reviews some of the relevant academic literature. Having thus clarified the key concepts and situated the current fashion for a ‘holistic approach’ within the broader literature on co-ordination, the paper also considers…
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Political Studies Review is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Political Philosophy and Ethics, Political and Economic history of UK and US, Social Policy and Reform Studies.
| Publisher | SAGE |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Political Studies Review, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Political Philosophy and Ethics Political and Economic history of UK and US Social Policy and Reform Studies International Relations and Foreign Policy European Union Policy and Governance |
| ISSN | 1478-9299 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1.23 |
| h-index | 63 |
| i10-index | 313 |
| Total citations | 17,146 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of Sheffield |
| Journal website | www.psa.ac.uk |
| You get | A submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit. |
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Most-cited papers in Political Studies Review
Trust between governors and the governed is seen as essential to facilitating good governance. This claim has become a prominent contention during the coronavirus pandemic. The crisis also presents a unique test of key hypotheses in the trust literature. Moreover, understanding the dynamics of trust, how it facilitates and hinders policy responses, and also the…
Over the last decade, policy transfer has emerged as an important concept within public policy analysis, guiding both theoretical and empirical research spanning many venues and issue areas. Using Dolowitz and Marsh's 1996 stocktake as its starting point, this article reviews what has been learned by whom and for what purpose. It finds that the…
This is a short response to Benson and Jordan's 2011 article, ‘What Have We Learned from Policy Transfer Research?’ Its point of departure is their claim that ‘policy transfer is a useful concept that transfers easily across different sub-disciplines and analytical contexts’. In reviewing a growing heterogeneous body of work on policy assemblages, mobilities and…
The concepts of ‘lesson drawing’ and ‘policy transfer’ have become increasingly influential ways of understanding public policy, especially in the UK. However, the main proponents of the concepts, Rose for ‘lesson drawing’ and Dolowitz and Marsh for ‘policy transfer’, have difficulty in providing convincing answers to three questions that are important for them and those…