Many social scientists in the field of fisheries display a strong concern for the social
engineering of environmental sustainability, but also a tendency to identify with the concerns …

Bureaucratic behavior in developing countries remains poorly understood. Why do some
public servants—yet not others—work hard to deliver public services, misuse state …

The third edition of this book builds on the two previous editions in our efforts to trace the
history of devcom theory and practice, present diverse approaches and their proponents …

Abstract This Research Note presents a new dataset of party patronage in 22 countries from
five regions. The data was collected using the same methodology to compare patterns of …

A large literature expects rising middle classes to promote democracy. However, few studies
provide direct evidence on this group in nondemocratic settings. This article focuses on …

We revisit the hypothesis that a Weberian bureaucracy enhances economic growth.
Theoretically, we develop arguments for why such a bureaucracy may enhance growth and …

Sergio Fabbrini proposes a way out of the EU's crises, which have triggered an
unprecedented cleavage between'sovereignist'and'Europeanist'forces. The …

In recent years, design has emerged as an approach to shaping public policies and
services. However, how design works in the public sector has not been rigorously studied …

How can power over others be transformed to'power with'? It is possible to transform many
institutions to build societies with less predation and more freedom. These stretch from …

Over the past three decades, Meyer, Jepperson, and colleagues have contributed to the
development of one of the leading approaches in social theory, by analyzing the cultural …