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.

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.

Understanding policy-makers' perceptions about the appropriate role of citizens in the democratic process has significant normative and practical relevance. This study presents an in-depth, mixed-methods analysis of participatory views of politicians, public officials, and interest group representatives in Finland.

How do frontline workers implement policy when it is politically contested and they face strong pressure from politicians and the media? Based on original data and a multi-method analysis of juvenile justice policy and child protection policy in Switzerland, the authors of this article show that political conflict can change policy implementation when frontline workers...

This article aims to study whether policy issue characteristics affect corporate lobbying behaviour. In doing so, it attempts to make a theoretical contribution to the interest group literature and more specifically on the behaviour of key business actors in the interest group system.