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How the Butler Did It: Investigating Individual City Influence on National Policy

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In most political systems, cities are not formally part of national policymaking. However, since they are often responsible for the implementation of national policies, they are likely to seek influence on these policies. Existing literature deals mostly with institutionalized policy cooperation and collective municipal organizations. As such,
Anders Leth Nielsen
wiley   +1 more source

ASEAN and the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review on the role and response of a regional organisation in a global health emergency. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Glob Health
Rahman-Shepherd A   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Managing Complaint Mechanisms for Regulatory Enforcement: Evidence From Human Rights Institutions During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do regulatory bodies ensure that including the beneficiaries of regulation in regulatory processes improves governance? In many regulatory arrangements, beneficiaries' “fire alarm” monitoring and reporting of targets' violations via complaint mechanisms activate regulatory bodies' enforcement role.
Nicole De Silva
wiley   +1 more source

The Governor's Dilemma and Regime Complexity: Diversification and Differentiation

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT States, firms, and other types of governors routinely rely on intermediaries to govern issues on their behalf. Such indirect governance drives regime complexity: governors frequently enlist multiple intermediaries for governing an issue. I theorize that governors foster complexity to maximize utility from indirect governance.
David Hagebölling
wiley   +1 more source

From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing interdisciplinary science of gender is key to the success of blue carbon initiatives. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun
Yadao-Evans W   +22 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reconceptualizing Crisis: An Empirically Based Investigation

open access: yesSociological Inquiry, EarlyView.
Crisis is predominantly characterized in terms of its detrimental consequences. Drawing on in‐depth semi‐structured interviews in Melbourne and Taipei, the article provides a critical and distinctive understanding of crisis. Crisis is conceptualized here as a disruptive prefiguring of new possibilities, both agentic and structural.
Xiaoying Qi
wiley   +1 more source

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