This article proposes an analytical construct, based on feminist and non-feminist policy studies, to be eventually used in the systematic study of feminist policy in practice in postindustrial democracies. The measurement allows for the analysis of democracy, representation, and symbolic reform in terms of the array of policy actors who come forward during the crucial implementation and evaluat...

Theories of policy process recognise that policy implementation is as important as, if not more important than, policy design in determining the impact a policy has in practice. Unfortunately, policy-makers often do not pay adequate attention to implementation, considering it the responsibility of others, such as managers, and assuming that implementation is simply ‘a matter of carrying out tha...

Many documented cases of policy transfer in Asia involve small and medium enterprises as well public but little is known about how why these local private actors participate transnational networks. We propose a relational view to examine agency exercised kinds develop typology the engagement actors—solutionist entrepreneur—based on their position process illustrate its usefulness using two betw...

BACKGROUND Harmonisation is a key principle of the Paris Declaration. The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnership, an initiative of the European Union, the Government of Luxembourg and the World Health Organization, supported health policy dialogues between 2012 and 2015 in identified countries in the WHO African Region. The UHC Partnership has amongst its key objectives to strengthen natio...

INTRODUCTION Coalitions of supporters of comprehensive tobacco control policy have been crucial in achieving policy success nationally and internationally, but the dynamics of such alliances are not well understood. METHODS Qualitative semi-structured, narrative interviews with 35 stakeholders involved in developing the European Council Recommendation on smoke-free environments. These were th...