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JOP — 2026-04-29 Original Shattered Pathways: Women’s Access to Interior Ministries in the Wake of Terrorism Tiffany D. Barnes, Bomi Lee, Diana Z. O'Brien

GOV 39/3 2026-04-29 Original Health and Climate Risks: Can Policy Attention Persistence Enhance the Resilience of Aging Societies? Lulin Xu, Zhenhao Ma, Ge Xin

JCC — pp. 1-19 2026-04-29 Original Divergent Pathways to “Digital China”: Unveiling Provincial Digital Agendas Under Top-Level Design

AJPS — 2026-04-28 Original Why are surveys struggling to estimate vote shares? Matthew Tyler, D. Sunshine Hillygus, Matthew DeBell, Ted Brader, Shanto Iyengar, Daron Shaw, Nicholas A. Valentino

JOP — 2026-04-28 Original When the Personal Becomes Political: Sexual Assault and Women’s Political Engagement Lauren Chojnacki, Amanda Clayton

JOP — 2026-04-28 Original Propaganda of Democratic Flaws and Its Impact on Regime Evaluations in Autocracies Rex Weiye Deng Abstract （原文未提供摘要） 中文 民主缺陷的宣传及其对威权政体中政权评价的影响 Rex Weiye Deng 摘要 原文未提供摘要 关键词 威权主义、政治宣传、政权评价、民主缺陷、政治合法性、公众舆论

PAR — 2026-04-28 Original Promoting Inclusive Workplaces: Conceptualizing and Measuring Inclusive Leadership in Public Organizations Tanachia S. Ashikali, Mads Pieter Van Luttervelt Abstract ABSTRACT Inclusive leadership has become a central theme in public management research to foster equity and workplace inclusiveness. While prior studies demonstrate its potential to enhance inclusiveness, psychological safety, and performance, existing conceptualizations and measures remain fragmented, emphasizing leader attitudes rather than observable behaviors. This article addresses these gaps by advancing a behavior‐focused conceptualization of inclusive leadership, grounded in an inclusivity perspective and an integration‐and‐learning perspective. Inclusive leadership is defined as leader behaviors that seek to enable employees' full participation in work processes by supporting employees in balancing needs for uniqueness and belongingness and by stimulating the exchange, discussion, and integration of diverse perspectives. Building on this, a two‐dimensional measurement is developed and validated through cognitive interviews and surveys among Dutch public employees ( N = 304) and Danish upper secondary school teachers ( N = 1275). The scale enables systematic assessment of inclusive leadership and its outcomes across contexts and diversity types.

JOP — 2026-04-28 Original Political Power of Bureaucratic Agents: Evidence from Policing in New York City Elisa Maria Wirsching Abstract To what extent can bureaucrats manipulate public service provision for explicitly political ends? Existing research highlights the ability of bureaucrats to influence governments through campaign contributions, endorsements, and election turnout. I explore a more fundamental mechanism: bureaucrats strategically shirking responsibil ities to leverage voters. Politicians rely on bureaucrats to achieve policy goals, which grants bureaucrats considerable leverage. When bureaucrats deviate in preferences from politicians and are politically organized and independent, they can reduce ef fort to exert political pressure. I use data on New York Police Department (NYPD) 911 response times and council members’ preferences on the FY2021 $1 billion cut to the NYPD’s budget. Employing difference-in-differences and spatial difference-in discontinuities designs, I find that police disproportionately reduced effort in districts of misaligned politicians by slowing response times. This study informs the theoretical debate on principal-agent relationships in government and highlights the importance of organized political interests to explain policing in US cities.

PMR — pp. 1-38 2026-04-28 Original Pathways to innovation in nonprofits: stakeholder feedback and public value orientations Byung Hee Min, Sungdae Lim, Daniel L. Fay Abstract Nonprofits adapt through innovation, yet how stakeholder communication drives innovative change remains underspecified. We argue that nonprofit public value orientations (NPVOs)—community-serving and cause-commitment—mediate links between communication and innovations. Using survey data from U.S. nonprofit executive directors and structural equation modeling, we examine the mediating effects. External communication, particularly with volunteers and funders, is positively associated with NPVOs and, in turn, with higher innovation likelihood. Communication with funders is associated with both orientations, while communication with volunteers primarily supports the community-serving orientation. The findings reveal complementary value pathways connecting stakeholder communication to nonprofit innovation.

PA — 2026-04-28 Original Governing the Local Digital Transformation: A European Comparative Perspective Sabine Kuhlmann, Justine Marienfeldt, Frederico Ganz Abstract ABSTRACT This study compares governance structures, policy formulation and implementation of administrative digitalization at the local level in three countries with different administrative traditions: France, Germany and the United Kingdom. A new analytical framework is developed that allows for a systematic comparison of administrative digitalization in different national contexts. To this end, we draw on concepts from comparative public administration and public policy analysis and assess whether and how national political and institutional contexts and ‘initial conditions’ influence local administrative digitalization. Three distinct models of governance are identified that reflect specific administrative traditions: a centralized and coordinated approach in France, a fragmented and multilevel system in Germany, and a centralized and decoupled model in the United Kingdom. Despite these differences, all countries priorities a policy‐making model based on voluntary participation and incentive systems in the digitalization of municipal administration. In terms of the results of the reforms, there are notable differences between countries: high digital maturity in the United Kingdom, medium and low levels of maturity in Germany and France. The continuation of capacity differences is also emphasized, with growing digital divides between municipalities.