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Contingent capacity: navigating organizational dependency in Dutch municipal energy transitions

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Polihot 公共行政 公共政策 Municipal Energy Transition Contingent Work Resource Dependence Organizational Capacity Knowledge Transfer
PMR — pp. 1-44 2026-08-25 Original Contingent capacity: navigating organizational dependency in Dutch municipal energy transitions Negin Salimi, Stijn van Hiele Abstract Municipalities implementing energy transition mandates rely on contingent workers to fill capacity and expertise gaps, raising concerns about dependency and knowledge loss. Drawing on Resource Dependence Theory and client–consultant literature, this study develops a framework capturing the feedback loop between external reliance and internal capacity development. Fifteen interviews across six Dutch municipalities show that labour shortages and temporary subsidies drive contingent hiring, while short contracts and limited knowledge transfer heighten dependency. Municipalities facing similar constraints diverge through knowledge integration, governance arrangements, and relational dynamics. It advances public administration scholarship by conceptualising dependency as a process rather than structural outcome.

Towards inclusive prosperity: comparative analysis of Indigenous procurement policies in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

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Polihot 公共行政 公共政策 Indigenous Procurement Social Procurement Economic Reconciliation Comparative Public Policy Indigenous Economic Sovereignty
PMR — pp. 1-32 2026-08-21 Original Towards inclusive prosperity: comparative analysis of Indigenous procurement policies in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand Irene Henriques, Rick Colbourne, Christian Eva, Jesse Pirini, Barbara Allen, Ana Maria Peredo

Informal Authority, Legitimacy Transition, and Institutional Change: A Theory of Advisory Capture

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Polihot 公共行政 政治理论 Advisory Capture Informal Authority Legitimacy Transition Institutional Change DOGE
PAR — 2026-08-21 Original Informal Authority, Legitimacy Transition, and Institutional Change: A Theory of Advisory Capture Byunggeor Moon Abstract ABSTRACT How do informal actors achieve rapid bureaucratic dismantlement without formal authority? Analyzing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative, this article argues that when performance‐based legitimacy displaces procedural legitimacy as the dominant evaluative framework, informal actors can bypass established safeguards and reshape government institutions. Three concepts capture this process: advisory capture , legitimacy regime transition , and constrained coercion . The analysis reveals that dismantlement targets agencies based on political vulnerability rather than functional logic, that informal authority becomes institutionalized through formal rulemaking such as the Schedule Policy/Career rule, and that judicial review operates as ongoing contestation rather than definitive constraint. Protecting democratic governance requires defending not only formal rules but the legitimacy regimes within which those rules derive meaning.