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Can policy forums overcome echo chamber effects by enabling policy learning? Evidence from the Irish climate change policy network (2018)
Journal Article
Wagner, P. M., & Ylä-Anttila, T. (2020). Can policy forums overcome echo chamber effects by enabling policy learning? Evidence from the Irish climate change policy network. Journal of Public Policy, 40(2), 194-211. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0143814x180003

Research has repeatedly shown that individuals and organisations tend to obtain information from others whose beliefs are similar to their own, forming “echo chambers” with their network ties. Echo chambers are potentially harmful for evidence-based... Read More about Can policy forums overcome echo chamber effects by enabling policy learning? Evidence from the Irish climate change policy network.

Who got their way? Advocacy coalitions and the Irish climate change law (2018)
Journal Article
Wagner, P., & Ylä-Anttila, T. (2018). Who got their way? Advocacy coalitions and the Irish climate change law. Environmental Politics, 27(5), 872-891. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1458406

Which organisations saw their positions on two contentious issues reflected in the Irish climate law of 2015, and what role did advocacy coalitions play in the policy process? These questions are answered drawing theoretically from the Advocacy Coali... Read More about Who got their way? Advocacy coalitions and the Irish climate change law.