Denmark

PSJ 54/4 2026-09-03 Original From Policy Legitimization to Blame Avoidance—Discursive Strategies During Denmark's Mink Culling Crisis

GOV 39/4 2026-08-31 Original Why Some Critical Junctures Lead Nowhere: Exploring Dynamic and Static Policy Paths Katrine Skagen Abstract ABSTRACT Some critical junctures fail to cause significant change in practice. Inspired by historical institutionalism, this article develops the concept of dynamic and static policy paths to explain why some critical junctures do not lead to change, while others do. Combining insights from policy process literature and policy implementation, it conceptualizes critical junctures through four elements: framing, targets, instruments, and actors/institutions. Based on two case studies, the article argues that the importance of framing and targets has been overexaggerated, and that a dynamic path will not occur unless there is also a significant change in instruments and actors/institutions. In Denmark, a climate policy agreement created a new policy direction for agriculture in which climate policy is a key component. In Norway, a climate policy agreement did not change the trajectory of sectoral policy and climate policy development has remained stagnant. Thus, differences in the critical junctures led to different policy paths.

PA — 2026-06-03 Original Balancing Neutral and Responsive Competences in the Context of Functional Politicization Niels Opstrup, Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen, Caroline Howard Grøn, Anders Ryom Villadsen

GOV 39/2 2026-03-22 Original A Certain Set of Skills? Pre‐Appointment Careers of Danish Ministerial Advisors

PA — 2026-03-10 Original How Do Strikes and Lockouts Affect Applications to Danish Public Service Professional Education Programs? A Synthetic Control Analysis Christian Heide, Florian Keppeler