Environmental Policy

Assessing and Comparing the Effects of Public Policies: a New Approach

Assessing the effects of public policies is essential for academic and practical reasons. While existing approaches focus on the effects of individual policies or entire sectoral policy regimes, approaches that evaluate individual policies within the …

Tackling blind spots in Europeanisation research: the impact of EU legislation on national policy portfolios

Research on the European Union over the years has significantly advanced our understanding of the domestic impact of EU policies. However, notable blind spots persist regarding the broader impact of EU legislation on national policy portfolios and …

Testing Theories of Policy Growth: Public Demands, Interest Group Politics, Electoral Competition, and Institutional Fragmentation

Policy growth is a ubiquitous feature of modern democracies that has attracted increased attention in political science and beyond. However, the literature is characterized by considerable disagreement on why policy growth occurs. Existing …