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Nikolaos Zahariadis

Nikolaos Zahariadis

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Political Science

D-Index
29
Citations
3744
World Ranking
1284
National Ranking
643

Overview

Nikolaos Zahariadis is affiliated with Rhodes College in the United States and specializes in the social sciences, particularly within political science and international relations. Their research spans 44 publications mainly distributed across several focused subfields including political science and international relations, sociology and political science, public administration, economics and econometrics, and ocean engineering.

Their scholarly contributions have a significant focus on policy research and public administration. Key topics frequently addressed in their work include:

  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
  • Political and Economic History of UK and US

Nikolaos Zahariadis has published extensively in several academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • European Policy Analysis
  • International Review of Public Policy
  • Policy Studies
  • Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
  • Politische Vierteljahresschrift

Their recent papers have addressed political accountability, policy styles, leadership response, and institutional crisis management related to the COVID-19 pandemic and policy-making frameworks. Notable recent publications are:

  • "Claiming credit and avoiding blame: political accountability in Greek and Turkish responses to the COVID-19 crisis" (2020) in European Policy Analysis
  • "Policy styles and political trust in Europe's national responses to the COVID-19 crisis" (2021) in Policy Studies
  • "Staying at home or going out? Leadership response to the COVID-19 crisis in Greece and Sweden" (2021) in Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
  • "Travelling Far and Wide? Applying the Multiple Streams Framework to Policy-Making in Autocracies" (2022) in Politische Vierteljahresschrift
  • "Averting institutional disasters? Drawing lessons from China to inform the Cypriot response to the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020) in European Policy Analysis

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Evangelia Petridou, Philippe Zittoun, Frank Fischer, Jörgen Sparf, and Theofanis Exadaktylos, reflecting a network of scholarly partnerships with a focus on political science and policy research.

In addition to journal articles, Nikolaos Zahariadis has contributed to academic books published by Cambridge University Press. Two recent books include:

  • "Multiple Streams and Policy Ambiguity" (2024)
  • "Policy Entrepreneurs, Crises, and Policy Change" (2024)

Their work consistently addresses complex policy dynamics, crises, and administrative challenges, contributing to the understanding of policy processes in various political and social contexts.

Best Publications

  • A River Runs Through It: A Multiple Streams Meta‐Review

    Michael D. Jones;Holly L. Peterson;Jonathan J. Pierce;Nicole Herweg

  • Ambiguity, multiple streams, and EU policy

    Robert Ackrill;Adrian Kay;Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • The Multiple Streams Framework: Foundations, Refinements, and Empirical Applications

    Nicole Herweg;Nikolaos Zahariadis;Reimut Zohlnhöfer

  • Ambiguity and choice in European public policy

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Ambiguity and Choice in Public Policy: Political Decision Making in Modern Democracies

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • The Multiple Streams Framework : Structure, Limitations, Prospects

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Handbook of Public Policy Agenda Setting

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Ideas, Networks, and Policy Streams: Privatization in Britain and Germany

    Nikolaos Zahariadis;Christopher S. Allen

  • Policies that Succeed and Programs that Fail: Ambiguity, Conflict, and Crisis in Greek Higher Education

    Nikolaos Zahariadis;Theofanis Exadaktylos

  • A Multiple Streams Model of U.S. Foreign Aid Policy

    Rick Travis;Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Policy styles and political trust in Europe’s national responses to the COVID-19 crisis

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  • Markets, States, and Public Policy: Privatization in Britain and France

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Multiple streams approach: a flexible metaphor presents an opportunity to operationalize agenda setting processes

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  • Comparing Three Lenses of Policy Choice

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Delphic oracles: ambiguity, institutions, and multiple streams

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • To Sell or Not to Sell? Telecommunications Policy in Britain and France

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Selling British Rail An Idea Whose Time Has Come

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Asset Specificity and State Subsidies in Industrialized Countries

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Claiming credit and avoiding blame: political accountability in Greek and Turkish responses to the COVID-19 crisis

    Nikolaos Zahariadis;Evangelia Petridou;Lacin Idil Oztig

  • Building better theoretical frameworks of the European Union's policy process

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Bargaining power and negotiation strategy: examining the Greek bailouts, 2010–2015

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Nationalism and Small-State Foreign Policy: The Greek Response to the Macedonian Issue

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Policy implementation and political trust: Greece in the age of austerity

    Theofanis Exadaktylos;Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

  • Subsidizing European industry: Is Greece the exception?

    Nikolaos Zahariadis

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Kay
Adrian Kay Australian National University
Michael D. Jones
Michael D. Jones University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Reimut Zohlnhöfer
Reimut Zohlnhöfer Heidelberg University

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