Robust Goveance in Turbulent Times (Elements in Public Policy)

by: Christopher Ansell (Author),Eva Sørensen(Author),Jacob Torfing(Author),Jarle Trondal(Author)&1more

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 16 May 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 108 pages

ISBN-10: 1009500430

ISBN-13: 9781009500432

Book Description

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 goveance in turbulent times. Turbulence refers to the unpredictable dynamics that public goveance 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 goveance 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 goveors may use and combine to respond robustly to turbulence. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.