The problem-solving capacity of the modern state : governance challenges and administrative capacities / edited by Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lodge, Martin, 1972- editor.

Wegrich, Kai, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Decision making.

Public administration.

Corporate governance.

Problem solving.

Physical Description:

xviii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

The early 21st century has presented considerable challenges to the problem-solving capacity of the contemporary state in the industrialised world. Among the many uncertainties, anxieties and tensions, it is, however, the cumulative challenge of fiscal austerity, demographic developments, and climate change that presents the key test for contemporary states. Debates abound regarding the state's ability to address these and other problems given increasingly dispersed forms of governing and institutional vulnerabilities created by politico-administrative and economic decision-making structures. This volume provides a leading-edge contribution to these debates. It offers a cross-sectoral perspective that takes into account the cumulative nature of the contemporary challenge to governance focusing on the key governance areas of infrastructure, sustainability, social welfare, and social integration. In addition, it considers innovations that have sought to add problem-solving capacity and explores the kind of administrative capacities (delivery, regulatory, coordination, and analytical) required to encourage and sustain innovative problem-solving. This volume introduces a framework for understanding the four administrative capacities that are central to any attempt at problem-solving and how they enable the policy instruments of the state to have their intended effect. It also features chapters that focus on the way in which these capacities have become stretched and how they have been adjusted. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Governance Innovation, Administrative Capacities, and Policy Instruments / Martin Lodge Lodge, Martin, Kai Wegrich Wegrich, Kai 1

Part I Administrative Capacities

2 Delivery Capacity / Peter Hupe Hupe, Peter, Michael Hill Hill, Michael 25

3 Coordination Capacity / Kai Wegrich Wegrich, Kai, Vid Štimac Štimac, Vid 41

4 Regulatory Capacity / Martin Lodge Lodge, Martin 63

5 Analytical Capacity / Salvador Parrado Parrado, Salvador 86

6 Management Capacity and Performance in European Public Administrations / Gerhard Hammerschmid Hammerschmid, Gerhard, Vid Štimac Štimac, Vid, Kai Wegrich Wegrich, Kai 105

Part II Challenges and Capacities in Key Policy Areas

7 Demographic Change and Welfare State Restructuring / Michaela Kreyenfeld Kreyenfeld, Michaela, Anika Rasner Rasner, Anika 127

8 Sustainability: Innovations through Sector Integration and New Instruments / Andrea Lenschow Lenschow, Andrea 143

9 Governance Dilemmas of the Contemporary State: The Politics of Infrastructure Policy / Jacint Jordana Jordana, Jacint 163

Part III Capacities and Innovations beyond the State

10 Wicked Problems, Clumsy Solutions, and Messy Institutions in Transnational Governance / Marco Verweij Verweij, Marco 183

11 Capacity and Constraint: Governance through International and Transnational Law / Nico Krisch Krisch, Nico 198

12 Administrative Capacities in the EU: Consequences of Multi-level Policy-making / Eva G. Heidbreder Heidbreder, Eva G. 218

13 Collaborative Innovation and Governance Capacity / Eva Sørensen Sørensen, Eva, Jacob Torfing Torfing, Jacob 238

14 Capacity, Innovation, and their Interaction in Multi-stakeholder Sustainability Initiatives / Kira Matus Matus, Kira 258

15 Conclusion: Problem-solving Capacity and the Modern State / Martin Lodge Lodge, Martin, Kai Wegrich Wegrich, Kai 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formerly CIP.

ISBN:

9780198716365

0198716362

OCLC:

896613535