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Disagreements and conflicts over public policy can create opportunities for people to learn about how others value and prioritize policy issues or what types of policy alternatives are feasible in the face of conflicting goals. Such learning can have feedback effects that either mitigate or enhance conflicts. Despite the logical intersections between policy conflict and learning, limited empirical attention has been paid to understanding their dynamics. To address this limitation, this paper employs the Policy Conflict Framework as a guide to analyzing learning in the context of policy conflicts. To examine the relationship between policy conflict and learning, we use interview data from policy actors involved in water management conflicts in Colorado. We find empirical evidence that the intersection between policy conflict and learning is dynamic and multifaceted. First, learning is not simply an outcome of conflict; it can be an intentional conflict mitigation strategy. Second, understanding the differences between types of learning can help inform how conflict intensity is fueled or contained. We also find that several characteristics of the policy conflict settings can support learning processes that can mitigate conflicts. These include collaborative venues with resources, trusting relationships, and influential actors, and conflict issues consequential to diverse interests. The findings inform both policy conflict and learning literature by empirically assessing the factors that enable learning in the face of policy conflict.

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Levels of political participation among marginalized groups are essential indicators of the health of a democratic, just, and inclusive society. This study examines the youth of the Roma minority in Albania, investigating perceptions and attitudes regarding their political (dis)engagement and participation, as well as issues of intersectionality in shaping respective patterns. Utilizing a mixed methods model, a survey is followed by individual in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and national validation workshops. Findings confirm low levels of political activism and participation among the Roma minority at large and the respective youth in particular, which is at odds with the higher levels of Roma youth activism in the civil society sector. Distrust in politics, prejudice, and discrimination are primary barriers. Addressing them while enhancing educational and economic opportunities can help overcome the impediments to political engagement. Civil society appears to be crucial in promoting best practices/role models and advocating for sustainable results.

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Zafirovski, M. 2022. “Toward a New Political Democracy Index: Construction, Validation, and Calculation for Individual Societies and Types of Society.” Politics and Policy 50, no. 4: 663–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12488.

Community resilience involves efforts to prevent major, negative, and disruptive events, recover more quickly from such events, and mitigate against such events happening in the future. Strengthening all aspects of the health care system will play a key role in promoting greater resilience. Genetic counselors play an important role in the health care system, and in regard to resilience they can play an especially important role by not only providing key services, but also advocating for policy to improve areas like maternal health care and protecting reproductive choice. Genetic counselors hold substantial expertise to influence resilience, including the ability to effectively educate the public and develop partnerships across sectors. Genetic counselors have engaged in policy advocacy in regard to issues both directly relevant to their profession (reimbursement, licensing) as well as broader social issues. This article focuses on the current role of genetic counselors in policy advocacy, the role of this work in promoting resilience in areas such as maternal health, and how genetic counselors might expand their influence in the future.

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