...Galia Chimiak Purpose The aim of this paper is to discuss the rise of internationalized civil society elites in Poland engaged in the fields of development cooperation, democratization assistance, humanitarian relief and global education in the framework of private international governance theory...

... to tax policymakers concerned about declining corporate tax revenues. This paper extends the existing literature by examining the moderating effect of BGD on the relation between audit quality and corporate tax avoidance using the sensitivity analysis. Governance Tax avoidance Audit quality...

...Mohamed Ismail Sabry Egypt Governance Institutions Lobbying Cronyism State business relations In January 2011, at the iconic Tahrir Square, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians were chanting their calls for the fall of the regime. One of the major causes of such widespread public...

... the role of trans-contextual processes of implementation and governance in the transformation of social and labor inclusion policies in Norway and Italy, including research and practical implications. It combines qualitative case studies with a framework that makes them comparable, namely...

... a certain blind spot: “institutional constellations” and their characteristics which are the focus of this paper. Social policy Governance Institutional theory Political sociology Welfare state Patricia Frericks can be contacted at: patricia.frericks@uni-hamburg.de 20 07 2016...

... of choice is limited. A marriage of convenience between providers and users increases the level of stress and the dispersion of resources. Originality/value – Dote is a particular experiment in the panorama of activation. It works in a unique way, impacting on governance and activation modes...

... market economy” (Lawson, 2013, p. 13 and italics added). Lawson’s analysis, whilst understandably defensible of the government in which he served, is intellectually questionable in its defence of liberal market capitalism because: Since the breakthrough of the capitalist system towards the end...

... of governing race targets, which appear set but are made fluid in various ways. Research limitations/implications – The research is based on interviews with senior and prominent figures involved in governance who spoke “off the record”, as described in the paper. These conversations are not in the public...

....” Such a strategy has been enshrined in a number of official documents including the 11th and 12th Five Year Plans of the Government of India. This is, of course, a tacit admission that the recent phase of high economic growth has not been inclusive (Jha and Sharma, 2013). Table I ranks the (comparable...

...Olayinka Akanle; Kudus Adebayo; Olorunlana Adetayo Purpose – Fuel subsidy removal has become a recurring issue in Nigeria. Successive governments in the country have interfaced with this issue as they attempted to reform the economy and the petroleum downstream to reduce corruption and waste...

...Rik van Berkel; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka; Rik van Berkel; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka Purpose The purpose of this introduction to the special issue is to give an overview of the key aspects of the governance of activation policies as discussed in the existing literature...

...Renate Minas; Sharon Wright; Rik van Berkel Purpose The purpose of this article is to examine the governance of activation in relation to the decentralization and centralization of activation for social assistance recipients in Sweden, The Netherlands and the UK. Design/methodology/approach...

...Rik van Berkel; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka; Peppi Saikku; Vappu Karjalainen Purpose The purpose of this article is to describe the implementation and results of Finnish activation policy from the viewpoint of integrated services and in the framework of network governance. Special...

...Rik van Berkel; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka; Paolo R. Graziano Purpose The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between the emerging European activation policies and the evolution of domestic activation policies and its governance. Drawing on the emerging Europeanization...

...Rik van Berkel; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka; Franziska Ehrler Purpose The purpose of this article is to assess the emergence of New Public Management in the governance of activation policies in nine European countries. In the light of considerable diversity in the implementation of New...

... involving nine European countries. The project investigated changing forms of governance of income protection schemes and activation services for unemployed people. Diversity is investigated by focusing on five dimensions of diversity derived from the quasi‐market concept as developed by Le Grand...

... policies in the frame of similar reform trajectories (decentralization and marketization) but different modes of governance (multilevel vs hierarchical). Design/methodology/approach Moving from a policy implementation studies approach, the paper assumes that substantive reforms and procedural reforms...

...Rik van Berkel; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka; Willibrord de Graaf; Tomáš Sirovátka Purpose The purpose of this paper is to deal with the question of whether the expectations of improved effects due to governance reforms have been met in nine European Union (EU) countries and how...

... and thus representative forms of governance constitute a more appealing and “realistic” option. Such views not only fail to picture workplace democracy beyond procedural principles (e.g. periodical elections), but they also block one of its promising features: its openness to change. In this context...

...Viola Burau; Signy Irene Vabo; Viola Burau; Signy Irene Vabo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the papers included in this special issue and discuss the theme – shifts in Nordic welfare governance. Design/methodology/approach The paper discusses the major themes and sets out...