Governing complexity in times of turbulence / edited by Jarle Trondal [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Trondal, Jarle, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political stability.

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword

Preface

Part I: Setting the stage

1. Governing complexity in times of turbulence / Jarle Trondal, Rómulo Pinheiro, Robyn Keast and David Noble

2. Complexity, resilience and public governance in times of turbulence / 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 / 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 / Marzio Di Feo and Luigi Martino

5. Policy innovation and organizational design: Connecting theory and practice / Jarle Trondal

Part III: Agency

6. Project sustainability and complex environments: The role of relationship networks and collaborative agency / Amanda Scott, Robyn Keast, Geoff Woolcott, Daniel Chamberlain and Deborah Che

7. Governing complexity: The public organizations' shift in digital transformation / Dominika Ewa Harasimiuk and Tomasz Braun

8. The race to institutional change: The slow road to policy change in sexuality education / Elisa Bordin and Rómulo Pinheiro

Part IV: Power

9. Power dynamics in multisector and multilevel coordination: The case of antimicrobial resistance / Martin Stangborli Time

10. Into the fray: Conflict resolution in on-line environments / Jennifer Waterhouse

Part V: Resilience

11. How collaboration antecedents affect the resilience of local governance networks / Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek

12. Turbulence within and beyond resilience in public organizations: A study of Italian opera theatres / Maria Laura Frigotto and Francesca Frigotto

Part VI: Epilogue

13. Towards a research and policy agenda for governing complexity / Robyn Keast, Christine Flynn, David Noble, Jarle Trondal and Rómulo Pinheiro

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Trondal, Jarle Governing Complexity in Times of Turbulence

ISBN:

1-80088-965-8