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Tread carefully in the reform of our state agencies

by MUIRIS MacCARTHAIGH (June 25, 2010) The role, governance and political accountability of state agencies has generated a lot of political and media attention recently. Much of this commentary, however, is conducted in the absence of any agreement of how many of these organisations there actually are, and what the overall trends in the agency…

June 25, 2010 in Politicalreform admin, regulatory systems.

Regulation and the financial crisis: the mess we’re in

Professor Michael Moran (June 23, 2010) This guest blog is by Mick Moran, WJM MacKenzie Professor of Government, University of Manchester and is an edited text of the keynote address to the Biennial Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, and was presented at University College Dublin, 18 June…

June 23, 2010 in Government reform, regulatory systems.

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