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Governing the Local Digital Transformation: A European Comparative Perspective

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study compares governance structures, policy formulation and implementation of administrative digitalization at the local level in three countries with different administrative traditions: France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Sabine Kuhlmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resource Substitution: Local Governments' Issue Attention and Policy Reinvention

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on policy reinvention, where a government modifies rather than replicates policy innovations introduced by other governments, has progressed significantly, but how it is influenced by the government's issue attention has not been thoroughly examined.
Yingxin Zhang, Yixue Yao, Kaifeng Yang
wiley   +1 more source

When Do Citizens Support Corrupt Politicians? The Trade‐Offs Between Corruption and Competence

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The intriguing paradox of wide public disdain for corruption alongside popular corrupt politicians exists globally. By speaking to public ethics theory and rational choice theory, this study examines the trade‐off in which citizens tolerate corrupt officials in exchange for their competence to deliver public benefits.
Wenyan Tu, Hanyu Xiao, Xing Ni
wiley   +1 more source

The Governance of the European Digital Identity Framework Through the Lens of Institutional Mimesis

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Commission's decision to expand its 2014 Regulation on electronic identification and trust services toward wallet‐based digital identities marked a significant shift in the governance of users' digital identities. The intersection between private digital services, public prerogatives, and individual self‐determination raises ...
Linda Weigl, Marta Reysner
wiley   +1 more source

Connections Matter: Family Centers and German Social Policy

open access: yesSocial Work and Society, 2018
German social policy has promoted family centers for the past decade, and in that period they have spread considerably. At first glance, this development suggests that contemporary social policy in Germany is implementing new services to support families
Onno Husen, Philipp Sandermann
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Navigating the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: How Multinational Enterprises Approach Regulatory Familiarization in the Chocolate Sector

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adopted in 2024, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (EUCS3D, alternatively EUCSDDD) instructs member states to regulate human rights and environmental due diligence across business operations and their global value chains.
Manuel Kiewisch
wiley   +1 more source

The Construction of Compliance with the European Union Deforestation Regulation in Global Coffee Value Chains

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) obliges the importers and users of seven agricultural commodities to achieve supply chain traceability and prevent deforestation‐linked products from entering the EU market. This paper investigates how companies and producing countries in the coffee sector prepared for EUDR compliance by ...
Janina Grabs
wiley   +1 more source

Steering the Green Transition in the European Union? Analysis of the European Commission's Strategic Communication

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the strategic communication of the European Commission about developing a regulatory approach and financial instruments to foster the greening of the European economy over a period of 14 years (2009–2023). We investigate in‐depth the strategic communication of three European Commission Colleges led by Barroso, Juncker, and ...
Susanne Reither   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chain Reactions: How Businesses Plan to Respond to the EU Deforestation Regulation in Brazil, the Congo Basin, and Europe

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2023 European Union Regulation on Deforestation‐free Products (EUDR) is a transnational regulation aimed at addressing forest loss along the value chains of forest‐risk commodities. Grounding our analysis in new institutional theory with distinct behavioral drivers explaining actor behavior, and using qualitative methods, we draw on the ...
Mathias Cramm   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Legitimacy Trap: How Regulators' Credibility‐Building Constrains Responsiveness Under Politicization

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article develops an analytical framework for understanding regulators' struggles for legitimacy, highlighting tensions between two key sources: credibility and responsiveness. A regulator must earn credibility with actors around the regulatory arena, but organizational tools for credibility‐building, including codified rules and mobilized
Takuya Onoda
wiley   +1 more source

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