The recent ideational turn in political science and public administration implies that ideas
matter. Ideas are an essential explanatory concept for understanding policy changes and …

Instilling climate policy with stability has emerged as a central concern in both the academic
literature and societal discourse around climate change. Societal actors have called for …

In response to societal grand challenges, professors have unique opportunities to effect
change, repurposing their expertise to deploy relevant, timely, practical, and research …

The fear of falling behind has been a driving force of European integration. Historically,
Europe's response to the looming angst of declining competitiveness has been more market …

For decades, the EU's trade policy has been centred around open (ing) markets. Why, then,
has the EU recently embraced open strategic autonomy as the conceptual cornerstone of its …

This Element provides a critical review of existing literature on the role of ideas and
institutions in the politics of public policy with the aim of contributing to the study of the …

Competing ecopolitical projects seek to deliver answers to one of the most central questions
of our time: how can the escalating climate crisis be halted? The paper asks how we may …

ABSTRACT The European Union has been confronted with crises across a range of policy
areas. Crises have typically been viewed as providing impetus for further integration but are …

The growing digitalization of our society has led to a meteoric rise of large technology
companies (Big Tech), which have amassed tremendous wealth and influence through their …

What rhetorical strategies are populist far-right parties using to delay regional
decarbonization? This paper focuses on three populist far-right parties—the Conservative …