New Article: Senior Bureaucrats, Coalitions and the Quality of Government: Accounting for Effective Governance in Fragmented Settings From: André Borges and Arnaldo Mauerberg Jr. doi.org/10.1111/gove...

Senior Bureaucrats, Coalitions and the Quality of Government: Accounting for Effective Governance in Fragmented Settings

Debates over the consequences of party and cabinet fragmentation for government performance remain unsettled. While some scholars argue that coalition governments foster instability and rent-seeking,...

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New Article: Legislative Pork-Barrel Funding and Public Policy Outcomes: The Role of Local-Level Factors From: Luna Viana and Alketa Peci onlinelibrary-wiley-com.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/doi/full/10....

So glad to finally see the whole collection together - and free to read for the next three months!

Governance Journal@govjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

NEW SPECIAL ISSUE OF GOVERNANCE: TITLE: The New Politics of EU Industrial Policy: From the Regulatory State to a Transformational State GUEST EDITORS: @donatodc.bsky.social, @katemcnamara.bsky.social & @manuelamoschella.bsky.social AVAILABLE HERE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

New from me in @govjournal.bsky.social: how can managerial bureaucrats increase effort levels of thousands of frontline workers for difficult-to-monitor tasks? I argue that this requires “governance by persuasion“ to overcome collective action problems - orders are not enough.

NEW SPECIAL ISSUE OF GOVERNANCE: TITLE: The New Politics of EU Industrial Policy: From the Regulatory State to a Transformational State GUEST EDITORS: @donatodc.bsky.social, @katemcnamara.bsky.social & @manuelamoschella.bsky.social AVAILABLE HERE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

New Special Issue Article: The New Politics of EU Industrial Policy: From the Regulatory State to a Transformational State From: @donatodc.bsky.social , @katemcnamara.bsky.social & @manuelamoschella.bsky.social Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New publication! Why do policymaking processes and outcomes vary even across authoritarian regimes that share a regime type and policy challenges and goals? Read @emisimison.bsky.social take in @govjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gove...

Fresh out of the oven! Thanks to the members of @qmul-sse-cgd.bsky.social, @sajuria.com, @liviosilva.bsky.social, @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social for their comments and suggestions!

Women in Legislative Studies@winls.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What explains differences in policymaking processes and outcomes across authoritarian regimes even when they share regime type, policy challenges and goals? @emisimison.bsky.social (@qmulsse.bsky.social) proposes a novel framework in @govjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gove...

New Article: Health and Climate Risks: Can Policy Attention Persistence Enhance the Resilience of Aging Societies? From: Lulin Xu, Zhenhao Ma, and Ge Xin onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New Article: The Financialization of European Social Care: A Descriptive Network Analysis From: Simon Demuynck and @woutervdooren.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Special Issue Article: When the Regulatory State Meets Populism: Regulatory Agencies in Mexico From: Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna, @martinlodge.bsky.social, and Daniel Daza-Vázquez onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New Article: Competition Law and Varieties of Capitalism in the Long Run: The Evolution of Institutional Complementarity, 1890–2010 From: @chasefoster.bsky.social and @sebastiankohl.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New in @govjournal.bsky.social How Trump repurposed exec tools for personalist consolidation: gut agency capacity where it benefits elite allies, expand state power where it energizes base. Congress, courts, and new personnel systems like Schedule P/C are now aligned to lock it in. Free access:

New Article: Tracing the Trends of Governance in Governance From 1988 to 2023: Achievements and Future Prospects From: Kyungdong Kim, Min Han Kim, and Brainard Guy Peters onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Tracing the Trends of Governance in Governance From 1988 to 2023: Achievements and Future Prospects

This study employs both quantitative topic modeling using BERTopic and qualitative thematic analysis to investigate how themes in Governance evolved between 1990 and 2023. During that time Governance...

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New Article: A Certain Set of Skills? Pre-Appointment Careers of Danish Ministerial Advisors From: @haraldbroend.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New Article: Responsive to What? Explaining the Information Quality of Public Comments on Bureaucratic Policymaking Using a Text-as-Data Approach From: @adrianabuneauib.bsky.social, @sergiulipcean.bsky.social, @chrauh.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New publication! @govjournal.bsky.social Many authoritarian regimes seek mass support through policy perf. When do citizens respond? @andrewleber.bsky.social and @draege.bsky.social highlight the role of hist. legacies of development in labor-market views in Saudi Arabia doi.org/10.1111/gove...

Evaluating Authoritarian Performance: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Attitudes in Saudi Arabia

Many authoritarian regimes seek mass support through policy performance – delivering material benefits to citizens. When do citizens respond to these appeals? Standard explanations emphasize national...

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New Article: Beyond Democratic Backsliding: Bureaucracy, Elite Dynamics and Administrative Change in Authoritarian Transitions From: Kutsal Yesilkagit & Johan Christensen onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

My article with @andrewleber.bsky.social is out now in @govjournal.bsky.social! Evaluating Authoritarian Performance: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Attitudes in Saudi Arabia doi.org/10.1111/gove...

Special Issue Article: “It's Who You Know:” Bureaucratic Responsiveness in the Rural South From: Carolyn Y. Barnes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PAsky #PSsky

Digital sovereignty is a strategically flexible concept, and if you are interested in its development and evolution, check our new article in @govjournal.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/8

Opening the Black Box of EU Digital Sovereignty: A Macro‐Level Analysis of the Concept's Development

Digital sovereignty has emerged as a central organizing principle in European Union governance, yet systematic understanding of its conceptual evolution remains limited. This article provides the fir....

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Administrative burdens can be a powerful political weapon. To punish undesirable populations or policies by throwing up barriers. Or to reward politically loyal groups with privileged access. We study Mexico City´s social housing policy to exemplify the latter @govjournal.bsky.social:

How do central bankers talk when their reputation is at stake? Here's a brief post about a recent study by Christel Koop and myself on the Bank of England: shorturl.at/uGnF7 @kcl-spe.bsky.social @govjournal.bsky.social

Central bank shifts tone when reputation is threatened, study finds | King's College London

New research has found a stark contrast in how policymakers at independent technocratic institutions such as central banks respond to different types of reputational risk.

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Call for Nominations: The 2026 Levine Prize is now open! Books must be published in 2025 and submitted by March 15, 2026. Committee: Eduardo Dargent, @danhonig.bsky.social, and @kbersch.bsky.social (chair). (Sponsored by IPSA’s RC27 and @govjournal.bsky.social) @gabilotta.bsky.social

💥Out in @govjournal.bsky.social Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Assessing the Democratic Accountability of Europe's New Industrial Policy With @christyapetit.bsky.social we ask "who controls the controllers?" in the EU's industrial policy regime OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Assessing the Democratic Accountability of Europe's New Industrial Policy

This article asks “who controls the controllers” now that the European Commission—long responsible for controlling the conduct of industrial policy in the EU's internal market—increasingly pursues it...

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THE 2026 CHARLES H. LEVINE MEMORIAL BOOK PRIZE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS (See thread below and attachment for nomination instructions):

New Article: The Social Consequence of Bureaucratic Oversight: Evidence From the Great Chinese Famine From Ning He (@ninghe1.bsky.social) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PASky #PoliSky

How do political institutions shape today’s wave of economic interventionism? 🇺🇸 vs 🇪🇺 Find out in our new article just out in @govjournal.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @donatodc.bsky.social

What's in a Polity? Political Institutions and Varieties of Economic Interventionism in the United States and the European Union

This article examines the political foundations of industrial policy amid the return of state economic interventionism. Comparing the United States' Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the European Uni...

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Governance Journal@govjournal.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New original article: What's in a Polity? Political Institutions and Varieties of Economic Interventionism in the United States and the European Union From: @donatodc.bsky.social, Lorenzo Moretti, and @manuelamoschella.bsky.social #polisky #PAsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New original article: What's in a Polity? Political Institutions and Varieties of Economic Interventionism in the United States and the European Union From: @donatodc.bsky.social, Lorenzo Moretti, and @manuelamoschella.bsky.social #polisky #PAsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New original article: Is Responsibility Intuitive in a Public Encounter? From: Anthony M. Bertelli and Silvia Cannas onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....