Governance in turbulent times / edited by Christopher Ansell, Jarle Trondal, and Morten Øgård.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ansell, Christopher K., 1957- editor.

Trondal, Jarle, editor.

Øgård, Morten, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crisis management in government.

Physical Description:

xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

First edition.

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

What are the conditions for political development and decay and the likelihood of sustained political order? What are the limits of established rule as we know it? How much stress can systems tackle before they reach some kind of limit? How do governments tackle enduring ambiguity and uncertainty in their systems and environments? How do public organizations and institutions respond to precipitous, conflicting, and novel-in short, turbulent-challenges? These are some of the big questions of our time and probing them serves as a stress-test of well-known ways of governing in the 21st century. Governance in Turbulent Times focuses on how politics, administrative scale and complexity, uncertainty, and time constraints can collide to produce turbulent governance. Building on prior work in organization theory and political science, the book argues that public affairs become turbulence when politics, policy, and administration interact in highly variable, inconsistent, unexpected and/or unpredictable ways. To understand and respond effectively to chaotic conditions, a deeper appreciation for how organizations and institutions channel, manage, amplify and adapt to turbulence is needed. Using the concept of turbulence as an analytical lens, Governance in Turbulent Times explores the organizational and institutional strategies and structures that support resilient and sustainable governance. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Turbulent Governance / Christopher Ansell Ansell, Christopher, Jarle Trondal Trondal, Jarle, Morten Øgård Øgård, Morten 1

Part I Turbulence: Conceptual Lenses

2 An Organizational-Institutional Approach to Governance / Christopher Ansell Ansell, Christopher, David Levi-Faur Levi-Faur, David, Jarle Trondal Trondal, Jarle 27

3 Organized Turbulence / Jarle Trondal Trondal, Jarle 55

4 Turbulence, Adaptation, and Change / Christopher Ansell Ansell, Christopher 77

Part II Fields of Observation

5 Tackling Unruly Public Problems / Christopher Ansell Ansell, Christopher, Martin Bartenberger Bartenberger, Martin 107

6 Turbulent Times for Ministries of Finance / Martina McCowan McCowan, Martina 137

7 Governance in Turbulent Administrative Systems / Jarle Trondal Trondal, Jarle 159

8 Turbulence and War; Private Military Corporations and the Reinstitutionalization of War-Making / Jozef Bátora Bátora, Jozef 181

9 Problem-Solving at the Local Level in Turbulent Times / Linda Hye Hye, Linda, Morten Øgård Øgård, Morten 202

10 The Impact of Family Policies during Turbulent Times / Trend Petersen Petersen, Trend, Andrew Penner Penner, Andrew, Geir Høgsnes Høgsnes, Geir 223

11 On the Future of High Reliability Organizations in an Age of Turbulence / Paul R. Schulman Schulman, Paul R. 241

12 Managing Policy Messes / Emery Roe Roe, Emery 261

Part III Conclusion

13 Coping with Turbulence / Christopher Ansell Ansell, Christopher, Jarle Trondal Trondal, Jarle 285.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198739516

9780198739517

OCLC:

944463015

Publisher Number:

9780198739517