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Articles by Julian Garritzmann

March 17, 2021

Under what conditions can public opinion affect policy-making? Education as a case study

Julian Garritzmann
Public opinion affects policy-making when the topic is salient and when most people share the same opinion, write Julian Garritzmann, Marius Busemeyer and Erik Niemanns. Yet when the public disagrees on what they want – or when many people don’t care – the influence of public opinion is significantly reduced
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Julian Garritzmann
Professor of Political Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

Julian's a comparative political scientist working on welfare states, comparative political economy, public policy, party politics, and public opinion.

He is the author of The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance (Palgrave).

The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance by Julian Garritzmann

His work has appeared in, among others, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Journal of European Public Policy, and Journal of European Social Policy.

Follow Julian on Twitter @garritzmannj

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