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Theories of Comparative Politics on the Question of Change [PDF]

İnsan & Toplum, 2019
: Although the literature on comparative politics is quite rich in terms of the theoretical debates it entails, such debates are often limited to specific research questions and restrained in narrow empirical scopes.
Hüseyin Alptekin
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance and Equity Misvaluation: The Moderating Role of Country‐Level Factors

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance affects equity misvaluation and how country‐level factors—national culture, environmental performance indicators, and world governance indicators (WGIs)—moderate the relationship between corporate ESG performance and misvaluation.
Xinyu Wang, Jun Xie, Hidemichi Fujii, Alexander Ryota Keeley, Shunsuke Managi   +4 more
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Life Cycle Analysis as a Sustainable Governance Lever for Environmental Performance: Evidence From French SBF 120 Companies

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on neo‐institutional theory, stakeholder theory, and the resource‐based view to examine the relationship between the use of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and firms' Environmental Performance (EP). Focusing on French companies listed on the SBF 120 index from 2002 to 2021, it investigates how LCA adoption influences EP across three
Nesrine Ben Ismail, Sami Ben Larbi
wiley   +1 more source

RATIONAL CHOICE INSTITUTIONALISM AND THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY [PDF]

CES Working Papers, 2013
The aim of this paper is to highlight the main aspects regarding the rational choice theory in neo-institutionalism, and the role the EU Neighbourhood Policy has nowadays.
Andreea Maha, Andrei – Cristian Balasan   +1 more
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EU Policy‐Making in the Digital Age: Major Trends and Insights From Public Policy Research

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Has digitalization changed policy‐making dynamics at the European Union (EU) level? To investigate this issue, this article presents a scoping review of the literature on EU digital policy‐making. While much scholarship adopts a ‘Governance’ approach, two conceptually rich strands emerge: critical approaches, and digital sovereignty.
Chloé Bérut
wiley   +1 more source

Different but equally plausible narratives of policy transformation: A plea for theoretical pluralism [PDF]

, 2016
Theories of institutional change help us to understand policy transformation, and provide us with a framework for presenting transformation narratives retrospectively.
Van der Heijden, Jeroen
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Policy Capacity Matters Differently Over Time: The Emergence and Persistence of Participatory Budgeting in China

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The persistence of participatory budgeting (PB) in selected Chinese localities challenges the conventional wisdom that deliberative democratic practices can only take root in liberal political environments. Yet, existing literature has not sufficiently elucidated the factors underpinning the rise and sustained operation of PB in this seemingly
Yifei Yan, Alfred M. Wu, Biao Huang, Fangxin Yi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

State Capacity and Path Dependence in Cape Verde's Supreme Audit Institution

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines state capacity and path dependence in the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Cape Verde, focussing on the performance and governance of the Court of Auditors. Drawing on a mixed‐methods longitudinal design covering the period from 2010 to 2024, the analysis combines international governance indicators, documentary analysis,
Ana Lúcia Romão
wiley   +1 more source

Administrative Traditions of the Majority World: A Commentary and Future Research Agenda

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Decolonising public administration is an urgent and necessary endeavour. In this short article we argue that we cannot, however, settle for shallow decolonialisations. We argue that the specific iterations of bureaucracy evidenced in post‐colonial states across the majority world can be conceptualised through the lens of administrative ...
Ibrahim Bornoma, Nick Kirsop‐Taylor, David Benson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability as Justice: Making the “Leave No One Behind” Work

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper critically engages with the LNOB principle of the 2030 Agenda, highlighting its conceptual, methodological, and structural limitations. Building on Amartya Sen's social choice theory and Rawlsian justice, it reconceptualizes “sustainability as justice,” emphasizing real‐world comparative assessments grounded in intersectionality. It
Rallou Taratori, Flavio Comim
wiley   +1 more source