Governing Complexity in Times of Turbulence by Trondal, Jarle; Keast, Robyn; Noble, David;

Rövid leírás:

This book aims to understand how public organizations adapt to and manage situations characterized by fluidity, ambiguity, complexity and unclear technologies, thus exploring public governance in times of turbulence.

Hosszú leírás:

This book provides an understanding of how public organizations adapt to and manage situations characterized by fluidity, ambiguity, complexity and unclear technologies, thus exploring public governance in times of turbulence.

An impressive selection of scholars present their research on governance in turbulent times and explore how public organizations adapt flexibly in turbulent situations. The editors introduce a diverse analytical toolkit contributing not only to an understanding of the role of complexity in public governance, but also suggesting how organizational formats may serve as usable design tools available to decision-makers in the pursuit of sustainable and responsible governance. Chapters explore a variety of topics and cases including artificial intelligence, antimicrobial resistance and sexuality education.

Providing a broad coverage of empirical cases and a global outlook, this book will be an excellent read for scholars and practitioners in political science and public administration, as well as policy makers with interests in governance, leadership and citizen engagement.

‘Unpredictability, uncertainty and rapidly, drastically changing governance problems – in short: turbulence – challenge public organizations. This important edited volume discusses how public organizations respond to turbulence, both within their environment and within the organizations themselves. The empirical chapters provide fascinating insights into reactions within different policy fields and illustrate key organizational responses, centered on design, agency power and resilience.’

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Contents:

Foreword xiii
Preface xvi

PART I SETTING THE STAGE
1 Governing complexity in times of turbulence 2
Jarle Trondal, Rómulo Pinheiro, Robyn Keast and David Noble
2 Complexity, resilience and public governance in times of
turbulence 13
Jarle Trondal, Rómulo Pinheiro, Robyn Keast and David Noble

PART II DESIGN
3 Transformative ideas, sturdy organizations: varieties of
artificial intelligence policy in the Nordics 32
Frans af Malmborg and Jarle Trondal
4 Public–private partnership (PPP) in the context of
European Union policy initiatives on critical infrastructure
protection (CIP) from cyber attacks 53
Marzio Di Feo and Luigi Martino
5 Policy innovation and organizational design: connecting
theory and practice 79
Jarle Trondal

PART III AGENCY
6 Project sustainability and complex environments: the role
of relationship networks and collaborative agency 101
Amanda Scott, Robyn Keast, Geoff Woolcott, Daniel
Chamberlain and Deborah Che
7 Governing complexity: the public organizations’ shift in
digital transformation 126
Dominika Ewa Harasimiuk and Tomasz Braun
8 The race to institutional change: the slow road to policy
change in sexuality education 145
Elisa Bordin and Rómulo Pinheiro

PART IV POWER
9 Power dynamics in multisector and multilevel
coordination: the case of antimicrobial resistance 169
Martin Stangborli Time
10 Into the fray: conflict resolution in on-line environments 191
Jennifer Waterhouse

PART V RESILIENCE
11 How collaboration antecedents affect the resilience of local
governance networks 216
Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek
12 Turbulence within and beyond resilience in public
organizations: a study of Italian opera theatres 238
Maria Laura Frigotto and Francesca Frigotto

PART VI EPILOGUE
13 Towards a research and policy agenda for governing complexity 260
Robyn Keast, Christine Flynn, David Noble, Jarle Trondal
and Rómulo Pinheiro

Index