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The Rise of Midocracy: How NPM and Post‐NPM Reform Ideas Recombine in Contemporary Public Organizations

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper introduces and conceptualizes midocracy as an emergent organizational form in the public sector, characterized by the growth and dominance of a professionalized administrative middle layer. The study argues that midocracy draws on elements associated with both New Public Management (NPM) and post‐NPM reform agendas.
Gustaf Kastberg Weichselberger, Johan Alvehus   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Configuring the coupling and deparadoxization of law and politics: a framework for a systems-theoretical analysis of new Latin American constitutionalism. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Barrios-Suvelza FX, Brodocz A, Vermaßen H.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Putting Democratic Theory and Principles of Justice in the Right Place: Ethical Pluralism in Collaborative and Participatory Governance

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Participatory and collaborative governance (P&CG) is widely celebrated as an institutional vehicle for democratizing public decision‐making by inviting affected stakeholders into inclusive and deliberative policy processes. This essay argues that underlying appeals to democratic legitimacy in P&CG are tacit commitments to specific (and often ...
Alexander L. Q. Chen‐Florea
wiley   +1 more source

Global climate governance remains resilient under Trump 2.0. [PDF]

Glob Public Policy Gov
Sun Y, Ye Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Navigating the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: How Multinational Enterprises Approach Regulatory Familiarization in the Chocolate Sector

Regulation &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

Analysis of actors' attitudes towards the application of the legal institutional framework for sand mining in two local government areas of Ghana. [PDF]

PLoS One
Asare KY, Mensah JV, Agyenim JB, Tenkorang EY.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Corporate Power in a Multistakeholder World: Venue Hopping and the Multilevel Politics of Ultra‐Processed Food

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The regulation of business is increasingly characterized by “soft” governance regimes that blur the boundaries of public and private authority, as signaled by the rapid proliferation of multistakeholder initiatives in global governance. This article explores how the spread of multistakeholderism creates opportunities for new forms of strategic
Rob Ralston, Ben Hawkins
wiley   +1 more source

Development and Biomechanical Evaluation of a Modular Knee Prosthesis: From Conceptual V1 Design to an Improved V3 Model. [PDF]

Bioengineering (Basel)
Abdreshova S, Akhmejanov S, Ozhikenov K, Zhetenbayev N, Nurgizat Y, Bizhanov D, Sultan A, Ayazbay AA, Zharmagambetova M, Sergazin G.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Can Law Be Robust in the Face of Heightened Societal Turbulence?

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Taking its cue from the growing frequency of disruptive crises, new research argues that crisis‐induced turbulence calls for robust governance based on adaptation and innovation. While law plays a key role in the effort of governments to govern robustly, the robustness of law has received scant regard.
Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing, Peter Triantafillou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial paradox between urban center expansion and vitality loss in Guangzhou, China. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Chen Y, Zhang L, Lu X, Zhang D, Deng A.
europepmc   +1 more source