期刊名称:CRITICAL POLICY STUDIES
期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal

Publication history
Currently known as:
- Critical Policy Studies (2009 - current)
Formerly known as
- Critical Policy Analysis (2006 - 2008)
Aims and scope
Critical Policy Studies brings contemporary theoretical and methodological discussions, both normative and empirical, to bear on the understanding and analysis of public policy, at local, national and global levels, emphasizing socially inclusive values. The journal offers a unique and geographically plural forum for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners to challenge established accounts of policy-analytic methods, to explore alternative approaches to policy-making, and to promote democratic governance, including necessary debates towards the expansion of critical epistemologies. To this end, the journal concentrates on the relation of political and policy theory to specific practices of governance, in particular as they pertain to democratic governance, participatory practices, social justice, intersectional and decolonial policies, and general public welfare. This necessitates an emphasis on the interplay between qualitative and quantitative modes of inquiry. The journal thus moves beyond narrow empiricist approaches to pay special attention to interpretive, argumentative, discursive approaches to policy-making.
Critical Policy Studies is a rigorous academic journal, and also pays special attention to the practical aspects of policy-making and analysis that confront real-world practitioners in different cultural contexts. While we emphasize academic articles, we explicitly welcome practical contributions that provide stories of insight related to efforts to transform domination or oppression in public policy practices and structures. In addition, the journal includes essays on current debates and opinions in the field, review articles that reflect on published research, and book reviews.
Peer Review
All articles that appear in Critical Policy Studies have been subjected to rigorous peer review. Submissions to the journal undergo an initial editor screening and, where it is decided to pursue the possibility of publication, are reviewed by two referees to whom the identity of the writer is not revealed. Where articles engage with the work of one or more of the editors themselves, referees are chosen not by the latter, but by another editor or member of the editorial board. This screening and refereeing process applies to all texts published in CPS except editorial introductions, comments on articles previously published, comments on forum articles, and book reviews.
Instructions to Authors
Editorial Board Editors: Jennifer Dodge, University at Albany-SUNY, USA Laureen Elgert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Dieter Plehwe, WZB Berlin Social Science Centre, Germany
Forum Editors: Kathrin Braun, University of Stuttgart, Germany Anna Durnová, Vienna Institute for Advanced Studies, Austria
Reviews Editors: Piyapong Boossabong, Chiang Mai University, Thailand Genevieve Fuji Johnson, Simon Frasier University, Canada
Social Media Editor: Bill Sisk, University at Albany-SUNY, USA
Honorary Editor: Frank Fischer, University of Kassel, Germany
Editorial Board: Leonardo Avritzer, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Rosana de Freitas Boullosa, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Hal K. Colebatch, University of New South Wales, Australia Jonathan Davies, De Montfort University, UK John Dryzek, University of Canberra, Australia Vincent Dubois, University of Strasbourg, France Susan Fainstein, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, USA Peter Feindt, Wageningen University, The Netherlands Tim Forsyth, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Steven Griggs, De Montfort University, UK Maarten Hajer, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands David Howarth, University of Essex, UK Bob Jessop, Lancaster University, UK Raul P. Lejano, New York University, USA Eva Lövbrand, Linköping University, Sweden Timothy Luke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Samantha Majic, City University of New York, USA Alan Mandell, SUNY Empire State College, USA Navdeep Mathur, Azim Premji University, India Hugh Miller, Florida Atlantic University, USA Michael Orsini, University of Ottawa, Canada Katharina T. Paul, University of Vienna, Austria Thomas Saretzki, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany Christoph Scherrer, University of Kassel, Germany Sanford Schram, Hunter College, City University of New York, USA Vivien A. Schmidt, Boston University, USA Mara Sidney, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, USA Holger Strassheim, Humboldt University, Germany Paul Stubbs, Institute of Economics, Zagreb, Croatia Helen Sullivan, Australian National University, Australia Douglas Torgerson, Trent University, Canada Philippe Zittoun, University of Lyon, France
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