Light pollution is a global threat to biodiversity, especially migratory organisms, some of
which traverse hemispheric scales. Research on light pollution has grown significantly over …

This chapter reviews Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (PET), and discusses new empirical
studies in the United States and elsewhere. It deals with an assessment of the strengths and …

The world is in the grip of a crisis that stands unprecedented in living memory. The COVID-
19 pandemic is urgent, global in scale, and massive in impacts. Following Harold D …

Definition Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the novel severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which appeared in late 2019 …

Theories of the Policy Process provides a forum for the experts in policy process research to
present the basic propositions, empirical evidence, latest updates, and the promising future …

Public policy can be considered a design science. It involves identifying relevant problems,
selecting instruments to address the problem, developing institutions for managing the …

The concept of “advocacy coalitions” is the bedrock of the Advocacy Coalition Framework
(ACF), one of the most established and successful approaches for understanding policy …

Who should be included in collaborative governance and how they should be included is an
important topic, though the dynamics of inclusion are not yet well understood. We propose a …

Drawing on a cost–benefit approach, policy dismantling literature typically examines case
studies following omitted and blame‐avoidance strategies, which contrasts with the highly …

Devising policies that facilitate a transition to low-carbon energy systems requires a close
understanding of the country-specific political economy of energy and climate policy. We …