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Policy & Politics favourites of 2021

We wanted to share some of our readers' favourite content that you might have missed. Please enjoy free access to some of our most read and highly cited articles, along with some of our editors’ highlights from recent issues. 

All articles below are free to access until 31 December 2021:

Most Read of 2020

Improving public policy and administration: exploring the potential of design
Arwin van Buuren et al.

When design meets power: design thinking, public sector innovation and the politics of policymaking [Open Access]
Jenny M Lewis, Michael McGann, and Emma Blomkamp

Policy labs: the next frontier of policy design and evaluation? [Open Access]
Karol Olejniczak et al.

Applying design in public administration: a literature review to explore the state of the art
Margot Hermus, Arwin van Buuren, and Victor Bekkers

Designing environments for experimentation, learning and innovation in public policy and governance [Open Access]
Maurits Waardenburg, Martijn Groenleer, and Jorrit De Jong

Ones to Watch

When design meets power: design thinking, public sector innovation and the politics of policymaking [Open Access]
Jenny M. Lewis, Michael McGann and Emma Blomkamp

Policy labs: the next frontier of policy design and evaluation? [Open Access]
Karol Olejniczak et al.

Policy windows and multiple streams: an analysis of alcohol pricing policy in England [Open Access]
Benjamin Hawkins and Jim McCambridge

Brokering behaviour change: the work of behavioural insights experts in government
Joram Feitsma

Can the governance paradigm survive the rise of populism?
Gerry Stoker

Rethinking the role of experts and expertise in behavioural public policy
Peter John and Gerry Stoker

Co-experience, co-production and co-governance: an ecosystem approach to the analysis of value creation
Kirsty Strokosch and Stephen P. Osborne

Designing institutions for designing policy
B. Guy Peters

Highly Cited

The lessons of policy learning: types, triggers, hindrances and pathologies [Open Access]
Claire A Dunlop and Claudio M Radaelli

Three habits of successful policy entrepreneurs [Open Access]
Paul Cairney  

Can experience be evidence? Craft knowledge and evidence-based policing
Jenny Fleming and Rod Rhodes  

Matching policy tools and their targets: beyond nudges and utility maximisation in policy design
Michael Howlett  

Why advocacy coalitions matter and practical insights about them
Christopher M. Weible and Karin Ingold  

Public deliberation in an era of communicative plenty
Selen A. Ercan, Carolyn M. Hendriks and John S. Dryzek

Highlights Collection  

Jacob Torfing et al.
 
Kirsty Strokosch and Stephen P. Osborne  
 
Benjamin Ewert and Kathrin Loer
 

See also: Volume 47, Number 4, October 2019 our free sample issue.

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