The malleable logics of mandate: analysing uses of the term mandate in the context of a significant policy window
The use of mandate by politicians reveals the conditions that get set around policy change. The use of mandate by advocates suggests that expectations of policy events are different to those of government. Appreciating how mandate is multiply used and comes to have effects opens avenues for maximising the opportunity in policy windows.
Authors
- Paul Kelaita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9468-2708)
- Alison Ritter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9540-1920)
Institutions
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Drug Policy
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105120
- Primary Topic
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00