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Policy & Politics is a leading international journal in the field of public and social policy. It spans the boundaries between theory and practice and links macro-scale debates with micro-scale issues. It seeks to analyse new trends and advance knowledge by publishing research at the forefront of academic debates.

In 2012 the journal held a very successful 40th anniversary conference in Bristol. Now it is proud to publish Volume 41 No 4, a special issue with papers from the conference. It is available free of charge on IngentaConnect’s online journal platform for two months (1 October to 30 November) here: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/pap/2013/00000041/00000004

The contents of the issue are as follows:

40 Years of Policy & Politics: critical reflections and strategies for the future 
Author: Ayres, Sarah

 40 Years of public management reform in UK central government – promises, promises ... 
Author: Pollitt, Christopher

 Political anthropology and civil service reform: prospects and limits 
Author: Rhodes, R.A.W.

 Just do it differently? Everyday making, Marxism and the struggle against neoliberalism 
Author: Stephen Davies, Jonathan

Performing new worlds?: Policy, politics and creative labour in hard times 
Author: Newman, Janet

Weathering the perfect storm? Austerity and institutional resilience in local government 
Authors: Lowndes, Vivien; McCaughie, Kerry

 Complex causality in improving underperforming schools: a complex adaptive systems approach 
Authors: van Der Steen, Martijn; van Twist, Mark; Fenger, Menno; Le Cointre, Sara

Toward policy coordination: alternatives to hierarchy 
Author: Peters, B. Guy

Governing local partnerships: does external steering help local agencies address wicked problems? 
Authors: Martin, Steve; Guarneros-Meza, Valeria

All tools are informational now: how information and persuasion define the tools of government 
Author: John, Peter

The politics of engaged scholarship: impact, relevance and imagination 
Author: Flinders, Matthew

 Reflections on contemporary debates in policy studies 
Authors: Ayres, Sarah; Marsh, Alex

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