Since the UN water conference at Mar del Plata in 1977, there have been international
debates about how water governance could and should respond to the challenges of …

Robotic process automation and intelligent process automation have gained a foothold in
the automation of business processes, using blocks of software (bots). These agents interact …

This volume examines the interrelationship between democratic legitimacy at the European
level and the ongoing Eurozone crisis that began in 2010. Europe's crisis of legitimacy …

The concept of the developmental state emerged to explain the rapid growth of a number of
countries in East Asia in the postwar period. Yet the developmental state literature also …

“Integrity” has become a concept and topic with more prominence in research on
government and governance, as well as in actual policy making at all levels. This …

This symposium demonstrates the potential for throughput legitimacy as a concept for
shedding empirical light on the strengths and weaknesses of multi‐level governance, as …

With the establishment of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), countries worldwide
agreed to a prosperous, socially inclusive, and environmentally sustainable future for all …

Increased policy coherence and integrated implementation are necessary to address
pressing development problems that cut across different sectors. Meeting these demands …

In 2015, the international community committed to “reduce at least by half the proportion of
men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions.” According to …

Social trust helps to reduce information asymmetry and agency conflicts between insiders
and investors, and thus alleviates the pressure on firms to pay cash dividends. Consistent …