Policymaking
Alternative labels
Policy making
Policy
Policy-makers
Policy-making
Policymakers
Journal article
Long-term policymaking and politicians' beliefs about voters: evidence from a 3-year panel study of politicians
The authors of this article find that politicians whose theoretical outlook is that voters have a long-term orientation are significantly more willing to opt for long-term policy solutions that impose short-term costs. They also fail to find a meaningful effect of election proximity on the preferences of politicians for short-term versus long-term policies.
Journal article
Explaining transgender policy change: policy momentum in Canada and Australia
This paper introduces a novel theoretical framework called 'policy momentum' to explain the cross-national timing of human rights protections for transgender people in Western democracies.
Guide
Lived experience in policymaking guide
This guide aims to draw out the principles, behaviours and mindsets that underpin lived experience work. In policy-making, lived experience usually refers to people with personal experience who interact with a policy in their daily lives.
Report
Lived experience evidence in disability policy making
This report considers the role of lived experience evidence and co-production in disability policymaking in Wales. The report finds that people have different understandings of what lived experience and co-production mean in disability policymaking.
Policy report
Designing and implementing mission-oriented policies: tools and resources from the field
This policy report investigates the tools and resources used globally by practitioners to support them in design, implementation or evaluation of mission-oriented policies.