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Benefits has changed its name to The Journal of Poverty and Social Justice

 
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New journal for 2010

 

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Now included in Portico


Policy Press journals are now included in Portico.  Portico provides a permanent archive of electronic scholarly journals which provides protection for libraries against the potential loss of access to our journals. Libraries receive campus-wide access to archived content when specific trigger events occur and if the titles are no longer available from us or our online journal hosts, Ingenta.
 

Policy & Politics

An International Journal  



The multi-disciplinary journal analysing the theory, origins and impact of public policy

Editors: Geetanjali Gangoli, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK and Tony Fitzpatrick, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UK

Volume 37, 2009, 4 issues: January, April, July and October

ISSN 0305 5736 Online ISSN: 1470-8442

“Policy & Politics has become a leading journal tackling policy issues concerning East Asia as well as other parts of the world. It now provides an indispensable academic forum for Asian policy practitioners and academics.” Professor Huck-ju Kwon, Seoul National University, Korea

"Broad in scope and empirically grounded, Policy & Politics delves into the most pressing issues of the day. This widely-cited journal offers original analyses and lively debate by prominent academics in the field - mandatory reading for social and public policy scholars."
Neil Gilbert, Chernin Professor of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley

 

About this journal


Policy & Politics
is the leading journal in the field of public policy with an enviable reputation for publishing peer-reviewed papers of the highest quality. It explores the fit between theory and empirical applications and links macro-scale political economy debates with micro-scale policy studies.

 

ISI Social Science Citation Index


Policy & Politics
is consistently ranked in the top ten in Public Administration with an impact factor of 0.910 in the 2007 ISI Social Science Citation Index.


Australian Research Council journal rankings


Policy & Politics
scored 'A' in the 2007 Research Journal Ranking Review List by the Australian Research Council. These rankings are produced as part of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative.


Abstracting and indexing


Policy & Politics
is abstracted in ASSIA (Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts), British Humanities Index, EBSCO Publishing Library Services, GEOBASE (Online and CD-Rom), Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography, International Development Abstracts, ISI Journal Citation Reports, Social Science Edition, Political Science and Public Administration categories, PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service), Studies on Women Abstracts, Australian Family & Society Abstracts.


Policy & Politics Annual Lectures


This year’s Policy & Politics lecture was given by Jonathan Evans, the Director General of the Security Service. The annual lecture was established in 1996 to enhance further the international profile of the journal. As a public lecture offered by the University of Bristol it provides an opportunity to hear experts reflect on topics of major contemporary significance. Click here for details of past lectures.


ALPSP Learned Journals Collection (ALJC)


Policy & Politics is available to consortia and other library customers via the ALPSP Learned Journals Collection. For more information, please visit www.alpsp-collection.org

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