Arjen Boin is Professor of Public Institutions and Governance at the Department of Political Science, Leiden University, Netherlands. Arjen has studied all sorts of public institutions, how they are formed, how they function, how they are preserved and how they grow old.Paul ‘t Hart is Professor of Public Administration at the Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands. Paul currently leads the ERC Advanced Grant program Successful Public Governance which examines the dynamics and lessons of successful public policies, organizations and collaborations.Lauren A. Fahy is a PhD Fellow at the Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands. She studies successful public organizations as part of the Successful Public Governance program.

• 1. Guardians of Public Value: How public organizations become and remain institutions.- 2. The Election Commission of India: Guardian of democracy.- 3. Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigations Bureau: Guardian of public integrity.- 4. The BBC: Guardian of public understanding.- 5. Sweden's Riksbank: Guardian of monetary integrity.- 6. The European Court of Justice: Guardian of European integration.- 7. The Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra: Guardian of symphonic music.- 8. The World Anti-Doping Agency: Guardian of elite sport's credibility.- 9. CERN: Guardian of the human aspiration to understand the universe.- 10. Rijkswaterstaat: Guardian of the Dutch delta.- 11. Médecins Sans Frontières: Guardian of humanitarian values.- 12. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Guardian of climate science.- 13. The ACCC: Guardian of viable markets and consumer rights.

Arjen Boin is Professor of Public Institutions and Governance at the Department of Political Science, Leiden University, Netherlands. Arjen has studied all sorts of public institutions, how they are formed, how they function, how they are preserved and how they grow old.Paul ‘t Hart is Professor of Public Administration at the Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands. Paul currently leads the ERC Advanced Grant program Successful Public Governance which examines the dynamics and lessons of successful public policies, organizations and collaborations.Lauren A. Fahy is a PhD Fellow at the Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, Netherlands. She studies successful public organizations as part of the Successful Public Governance program.

• 1. Guardians of Public Value: How public organizations become and remain institutions.- 2. The Election Commission of India: Guardian of democracy.- 3. Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigations Bureau: Guardian of public integrity.- 4. The BBC: Guardian of public understanding.- 5. Sweden's Riksbank: Guardian of monetary integrity.- 6. The European Court of Justice: Guardian of European integration.- 7. The Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra: Guardian of symphonic music.- 8. The World Anti-Doping Agency: Guardian of elite sport's credibility.- 9. CERN: Guardian of the human aspiration to understand the universe.- 10. Rijkswaterstaat: Guardian of the Dutch delta.- 11. Médecins Sans Frontières: Guardian of humanitarian values.- 12. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Guardian of climate science.- 13. The ACCC: Guardian of viable markets and consumer rights.