A5006066011- Corruption and Economic Development
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- International Development and Aid
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Regulation and Compliance Studies
- Education and Public Policy
- Politics and Society in Latin America
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Social and Economic Solidarity
- Accounting and Organizational Management
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Business and Management Studies
- E-Government and Public Services
- Social and Political Issues
- International Relations in Latin America
- Human Rights and Development
Davidson College
2019-2024
University College London
2023
Stanford University
2016-2023
University of Nottingham
2023
Emory University
2023
Knauf (Germany)
2023
Roskilde University
2023
Institute of Applied Economic Research
2020
The University of Texas at Austin
2011-2014
Recent scholarship on transparency has been voluminous, and policies continue to garner international adherents through global initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership. Yet extant failed address empirical parameters for what constitutes 'tr ansparency' does not. This lacuna gives way misuses abuses, jeopardizing analytical utility of term integrity so-called 'transparency' policies. article provides a framework vocabulary identifying evaluating transparency, which depends two...
Responding to recent articles in Governance highlighting the need for improved measurement of bureaucratic characteristics, this article describes efforts map Brazil's federal agencies on three dimensions—capacity, autonomy, and partisan dominance—derived from data more than 326,000 civil servants. The provides a “proof concept” about utility agency‐level measures these variables, demonstrating how they relate an output common all agencies: corruption. first step direction building...
Responding to COVID-19 presents unprecedented challenges for public sector practitioners. Addressing those requires knowledge about the problems that workers face. This Viewpoint essay argues timely, up-to-date surveys of are essential tools identifying problems, resolving bottlenecks, and enabling operate effectively during in response posed by pandemic. Survey Public Servants, which is currently being rolled out several countries Global Servants Consortium assist governments strategically...
In political science, one issue still in need of greater theorizing is the proper measurement bureaucratic autonomy, that is, degree discretion principals should grant to agents. This article reviews literature on autonomy both US administrative law and science. It uses American experience define five mechanisms by which limit then goes survey comparative other democratic systems using framework as a baseline. Other democracies use different mixtures these mechanisms, for example...
Abstract The interactions between bureaucratic agencies and political actors shape governance outcomes, yet scholars disagree about how autonomy relates to government quality. Some claim that enhancing improves quality, whereas others maintain the opposite. An influential article by Fukuyama (2013) in Governance suggests a curvilinear relationship, moderated capacity. This evaluates theory empirically, focusing on within‐country variation two dimensions of autonomy: independence discretion....
Abstract Understanding how public administrations around the world function and differ is crucial for strengthening their effectiveness. Most comparative measures of bureaucracy rely on surveys experts, households, or firms, rather than directly questioning bureaucrats. Direct officials create granular data analysis government action, so are becoming a cornerstone sector management. This article introduces Global Survey Public Servants (GSPS), global initiative to collect harmonize...
ABSTRACT Why does the ability of political leaders to control bureaucracy vary? With strong meritocratic recruitment and tenure protections, Brazil appears an ideal case for successful bureaucratic resistance against control. However, our analysis reveals how Bolsonaro overcame initial by recalibrating strategies, ultimately dominating many key sectors bureaucracy. Drawing on over 100 interviews with public officials, we find that strategies unfold in a dynamic, yet often predictable,...
Effective democratic governance rests on the executive’s ability to forge coalitions that can advance policy and sustain government against challengers. Scholars have long focused cabinet appointments understand how executives build with their legislative allies. In many democracies, however, at ministerial level may only represent tip of iceberg. We show administrative political appointees (APAs) beneath constitute one most important ways cooperation between executive is forged. Leveraging...