Institutional theory plays a significant role in contemporary political science. As in the
previous editions, the new fourth edition provides an overview of the major institutional …

In the face of global environmental change, a key question for the social sciences is how to
organize the co-evolution of societies and their natural environment. In this context, a new …

This series focuses on how the will of the people and the public interest are promoted,
encouraged, or thwarted. It aims to question not only the direction American politics will take …

What is the scope for autonomous action of the European Commission? Its independence is
much more contentious than that of the European Court of Justice, which is generally …

How does the content of public allegations impact regulatory communication strategies?
Employing a multinomial logistic regression analysis and an original data set, this article …

Performance management techniques are presented as control mechanisms to save money
and hold bureaucrats accountable, consistent with negative agency theory assumptions of …

The hypothesis of this article is that agency theory makes implicit assumptions on the power
relation between principal and agent. It implicitly assumes an asymmetry in power in favour …

This paper evaluates the validity of three theoretical paradigms in corporate governance:
shareholder theory, stakeholder theory and stewardship theory. It assesses the …

Bei dieser Arbeit handelt es sich um die überarbeitete Version meiner Doktorarbeit» Die
wettbewerbsrechtliche Handlungsfähigkeit der Europäischen Kommission in staatsnahen …

The shift in regulatory strategy that accompanied the single market program has enabled the
EU to delegate responsibility for setting the rules governing market access to standard …