Common wisdom has it that bureaucrats are unaccountable to the people they regulate and
must therefore be closely supervised by elected officials or (perhaps ironically) the federal …

Many government services are delivered by (partially) autonomous agencies. Governments
need effective measures for contracting, steering, and monitoring agencies and to balance …

Using agency and stewardship theories, this article investigates conditions that affect the
impact of performance management in the ministerial steering of agencies. Agency theory …

Digital technologies can be important to policy-makers and public servants, as these
technologies can increase infrastructure performance and reduce environmental impacts …

Elected governments and states have delegated extensive powers to non‐majoritarian
institutions (NMIs) such as independent central banks and regulatory agencies, courts, and …

This insightful book analyzes the evolution of the operational tasks and cooperation of the
European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX), the European Asylum Support …

Voluntary accountability is widely documented. Yet, the concept does not sit comfortably
within prevailing frameworks that conceptualize accountability as an obligation. This paper …

Over the last 20 years, the study of economic regulation has attracted growing attention in
political research. But what is so political about regulation? And what is “new” in the political …

Political decisions over economic growth policies influence the degree of bureaucratic
autonomy and regulatory governance dynamics. Yet, our understanding of these processes …

Small and medium-sized enterprises play a crucial role in sustaining economic development
in both developed economies and develo** economies, however, many of them suffer …