Higher education (HE) governance is far from being shaped exclusively by national policy-making frameworks. In fact, territorial politics of the State is being challenged by a complex set of regulations and norms established ...

The governance of the global market for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives has undergone a metamorphosis. Set in motion by the Group of Twenty (G20) 2009 summit in Pittsburgh, the regulatory overhaul has transformed ...

This article explores the process of independent regulation of a government-owned utility (GOU) in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector drawing on the theory of regulation inside government. Our fieldwork focused ...

This paper investigates determinants of regulatory agency design in multiparty coalition governments. Current research has mainly focused on US institutions and its findings are therefore context specific. We find electoral ...

The word governance is not new. It goes through different periods of history and takes specific meanings in certain times and countries. Currently, the concept of governance can be defined as institutional procedures of ...

In this book we have raised the question of whether and why the governance of financial markets has led to a centralisation, decentralisation or fragmentation of regulatory structures in Europe. In the theory chapter we ...