Robust governance in turbulent times / Christopher Ansell [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ansell, Christopher K., 1957- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy 2398-4058.

Cambridge elements. Elements in public policy, 2398-4058

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Political planning.

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This Element aims to build, promote, and consolidate a new social science research agenda by defining and exploring the concepts of turbulence and robustness, and subsequently demonstrating the need for robust governance in turbulent times. Turbulence refers to the unpredictable dynamics that public governance is currently facing in the wake of the financial crisis, the refugee crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, the inflation crisis etc. The heightened societal turbulence calls for robust governance aiming to maintain core functions, goals and values by means of flexibly adapting and proactively innovating the modus operandi of the public sector. This Element identifies a broad repertoire of robustness strategies that public governors may use and combine to respond robustly to turbulence. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Robust Governance in Turbulent Times

Contents

1 Why Do We Need Robust Governance?

2 Turbulence: A Challenge for Public Governance

Living in Turbulent Times

From Simple and Wicked Problems to Turbulence as a Governance Challenge

The Concept of Turbulence

What Causes Turbulence?

The Complex Relationship between Turbulence and Crisis

Turbulence as a Problem for Government

3 Robust Governance: Background, Definition, and Dynamics

From Resilience and Agility to Robustness

Interdisciplinary Literature Review of Robustness

Defining Robustness

Robust Governance

The Dynamics of Robust-Governance Action

Conclusion

4 Strategies for Robust Governance

Redundancy, Slack, and Buffering: "Keep Something in Your Back Pocket"

Multivocality and Ambidexterity: "Keep Your Options Open"

Vigilance: "Prepare to be Surprised"

Flexible Adaptation: "Stay Ready to Adapt"

Scaling and Scalability: "Get Ready to Plug-and-Play"

Modularity and Bricolage: "Recombine, Reuse, and Repurpose Available Tools"

Proactive Real-Time Innovation: "Be Ready to Improvise, Probe, and Learn"

Coordination and Collaboration: "Rapidly Convene Actors and Build Trust"

Building an Architecture for the Robust Governance of Turbulence

5 Conditions for Robust Governance

A Prelude to Conditional Robustness

Systemic-Level Conditions

Institution-Level Conditions

Actor-Level Conditions

Avenues for Design

6 Key Points, Practical Implications, and Future Research Avenues

Key Points

Practical Implications

Future Research Avenues

References

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Apr 2024).

ISBN:

9781009433037

1009433032

9781009433013

1009433016

9781009433006

1009433008

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access