Robust Public Governance in a Turbulent Era

Theoretical Framework and Empirical Experiences

AvChristopher Ansell,Eva Sørensen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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This incisive book addresses the significant challenges facing the public sector in an era of rising global turbulence. Expert authors explore strategies for robust public governance, emphasizing the need for flexible adaptation and proactive innovation to fulfil political ambitions, uphold values, and undertake key societal functions in times of crisis.Chapters examine diverse approaches to turbulent problems, drawing on comparative empirical studies of local responses to the refugee crisis, the climate crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic. They highlight the benefits of combining theory and practice, introducing a novel analytical framework to demonstrate the importance of collaborative governance and new institutional designs. Ultimately, the book looks toward the future study of robust governance, proposing an interdisciplinary research agenda that goes beyond the traditional dichotomy between public administration and crisis management.Students and researchers in public governance, public administration, political science, and public policy will benefit from the cutting-edge insights in this book. It is also an invaluable resource for policymakers and practitioners in the public sector and in private consultancy firms seeking to understand new developments in public governance.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-05-23
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:In a Turbulent Era series
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781803928791

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Edited by Christopher Ansell, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Eva Sørensen, Professor, Jacob Torfing, Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark and Jarle Trondal, Professor, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Department of Political Science and Management & CeDiT, University of Agder, Norway and Senior Fellow, Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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'This groundbreaking book emphasizes that existing theories of public administration and governance are essentially ‘good weather’ theories that do not apply in the era of heightened societal turbulence and poly-crises. To improve the capacity of the public sector to deal with crisis-induced turbulence, the notion of robust governance – offering an alternative to resilience and agility – is conceptualized and thoroughly explained through practical examples.'

Innehållsförteckning

Contents1 The challenge of societal turbulence and the need for robustpublic governance 1Christopher Ansell, Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing and Jarle Trondal2 Turbulence as a challenge to public governance 13Jarle Trondal and Christian Lo3 Robust public governance: political and administrativeStrategies 27Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing4 Robust governance of crisis-induced turbulence: an analyticalframework 57Christopher Ansell and Jacob Torfing5 Robustness strategies—municipality responses to theCOVID-19 pandemic 76Ingunn Skjesol, Silje Valberg and Gøril Ursin6 Handling crisis-induced turbulence: how a Norwegianmunicipality collaborated with other actors to respondrobustly to an extreme weather incident 100Gulnara Nadamova and Aase Kristine Lundberg7 Robust strategic responses to turbulence in municipal refugeeservices: advancing the capacity for flexibility 123Ann-Torill Tørrisplass and Berit Irene Vannebo8 The role of digital platforms for robust governance 147Leif Skiftenes Flak, Berit Irene Vannebo and Silje Valberg9 Robust governance of societal turbulence—today andtomorrow 163Christopher Ansell, Janne Iren Paulsen Breimo, ChristianLo, Eva Sørensen, Jarle Trondal and Jacob Torfing