The term governance does not have a settled definition today, and it has at least three main
meanings. The first is international cooperation through nonsovereign bodies outside the …

In political science, one issue still in need of greater theorizing is the proper measurement of
bureaucratic autonomy, that is, the degree of discretion that political principals should grant …

Responding to COVID‐19 presents unprecedented challenges for public sector
practitioners. Addressing those challenges requires knowledge about the problems that …

This article analyses the evolution of COVID-19 and early government responses to the
pandemic in eight South American countries. To this aim, this study explores indicators …

State Building in Latin America diverges from existing scholarship in developing
explanations both for why state-building efforts in the region emerged and for their success …

This Element introduces the concept of institutional weakness, arguing that weakness or
strength is a function of the extent to which an institution actually matters to social, economic …

State capacity is a core concept in political science research, and it is widely recognized that
state institutions exert considerable influence on outcomes such as economic development …

Responding to recent articles in Governance highlighting the need for improved
measurement of bureaucratic characteristics, this article describes efforts to map Brazil's …

How well do corruption perception measures reflect actual levels of public sector corruption?
Leading cross-national corruption perception measures have come under much theoretical …

There is a broad consensus that state capacity is central to economic and institutional
development. But while the concept originated as a tool for macro-historical and …