The Institutional Collective Action (ICA) framework has contributed to understanding
collective action problems in fragmented governance and identified mechanisms for …

The COVID-19 pandemic has put pressure on essential public services. While much of the
economy has been shut down, essential public services have continued. Using professional …

Polycentric governance (PG) describes governance systems characterized by multiple,
interdependent centers of decision‐making, offering an alternative to centralized …

Abstract In the United States, community water systems are not only numerous but also
diverse. Nonetheless, operational scale and public versus private ownership have …

Local governments around the world face mounting pressures that affect their provision of
public services. To prepare for and respond to stressors and shocks, local service providers …

Existing research identifies numerous organizational and contextual covariates that
influence how public sector service organizations perform. In the context of drinking water …

Most studies in collaborative governance examine system-level or agency-level drivers of
the horizontal dimension of collaboration, that is, the specific forms of collaboration among …

Special districts are an increasingly important part of the local government equation in the
United States, representing over forty percent of local governments. The spread of these …

Metropolitan public transportation systems vary in their performance and governance, and
evidence suggests linkages between these. However, such linkages remain largely …

Managers of federal, state, local, and nonprofit organizations around the world are faced
with the complex task of managing interconnected systems of scarce resources. One key …