Purpose: Research was conducted to investigate whether, and how, political accountability might stabilise when agents are faced with profound changes in external structures such as competition laws and austerity policies. Design/methodology/approach: We performed a field study from 2007 to 2015...

Purpose: This study analyses how the implementation of PPPs to operate rural water infrastructures and deliver water to local population has led to a new accountability archetype. Design/methodology/approach: The archetype theory is used to analyse the process of implementing PPPs as a new...