Robust Governance in Turbulent Times
Robust Governance in Turbulent Times
Eva Sørensen, Roskilde Universitet, Denmark
Jacob Torfing, Roskilde Universitet, Denmark
Jarle Trondal, Universitetet i Agder and Universitetet i Oslo, Norway
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.
Product details
May 2024Hardback
9781009500432
108 pages
235 × 158 × 12 mm
0.3kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Why do we need robust governance?
- 2. Turbulence: a challenge for public governance
- 3. Robust governance: background, definition, and dynamics
- 4. Strategies for robust governance
- 5. Conditions for robust governance
- 6. Key points, practical implications, and future research avenues
- References.
