While policies pile up in modern democracies, the effect of policy growth on policy
implementation has not been addressed so far. Implementation research has focused on …

Develo** nations demand a different scholarly approach in the field of public
administration. We advance an agenda for research that stands on four pillars. First, in the …

We explore the democratic implications of a reputational account of bureaucratic authority.
While an influential literature has examined the relevance of reputation—and mutual …

Research spanning 33 years establishes a robust link between government employees'
Public Service Motivation (PSM) and job satisfaction (JS). Recent studies explore how …

Multilevel governance offers different settings to study executive decision-making and
delegation. Associations of municipalities (AoMs), which are collaborative partnerships, are …

The concept of good governance (GG) has emerged from the corridors of global institutions,
influencing changes, particularly in non‐democratic countries. This paper uses both …

Flood protection is a leading priority for urban water sustainability. Making cities more
resilient to flooding has become urgent as the climate changes and as cities increasingly …

Despite numerous attempts to define the core traits of co-production, it remains an
heterogeneous concept. Building upon existing literature, we engage in legal reasoning to …

We undertake the first quantitative and broadly comparative study of the structure and
performance of partnership communities to our knowledge. Our study addresses several …

When facing the COVID-19 pandemic, what was key to governments' response velocity
throughout Latin America? The region had more information on what to do to prevent the …