Books

All books below have been published in open access format. You can download the entire book or individual chapters/case studies, as required:

Lucas, P., Nabatchi, T., O'Flynn, J. and 't Hart, P. (Eds.)(2024). Pathways to Positive Public Administration: An International Perspective. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-oa/book/9781803929170/9781803929…) 

DelaPorte, C., Eydal, G.B., Kaukko, J., Nohrstedt, D., 't Hart, P., and Tranøy, B-S (Eds.)(2022). Successful Public Policy in the Nordic Countries: Cases, Lessons, Challenges. Oxford University Press (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/successful-public-policy-in-the…;).

Lindquist, E., Howlett, M., Skogsted, G., Tellier, G., and 't Hart, P. (Eds.)(2022). Policy Success in Canada: Cases, Lessons, Challenges. Oxford University Press https://global.oup.com/academic/product/policy-success-in-canada-978019…;).

Boin, A., Fahy, L. A., & ’t Hart, P. (Eds.). (2021). Guardians of public value: How public organisations become and remain institutions. Springer International Publishing.

Luetjens, J., Mintrom, M., & 't Hart, P. (Eds.). (2019). Successful public policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand. ANU Press.

't Hart, P., & Compton, M. (Eds.). (2019). Great policy successes. Oxford University Press.

Two phd theses produced within the SPG team are also to be found online:

Luetjens, J. Reforms That Stick: The Politics of Preservation, PhD Thesis, Utrecht University 2022 (https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/420534). Later published as a monograph by Edward Elgar:  https://www.elgaronline.com/monobook/book/9781035312078/9781035312078.x…;

Fahy, L. Regulator Reputation and the Successful Governance of Innovation: Lessons from Financial Technology Supervision. PhD Thesis, Utrecht University (https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/423417)

This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No694266).