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problem-solving capacity of the modern state
governance challenges and administrative capacities
xviii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Moves toward a cross-sectoral perspective that takes into account the cumulative nature of the contemporary challenge to governance focusing on the key governance areas of infrastructure, sustainability, social welfare and social integration, second, by considering innovations that have sought to add problem-solving capacity and third, by exploring the kind of administrative capacities (delivery, regulatory, coordination and analytical) required to encourage and sustain innovative problem-solving.
Introduction : Governance innovation, administrative capacities, and policy instruments / Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich -- Delivery capacity / Peter Hupe and Michael Hill -- Coordination capacity / Kai Wegrich and Vid Štimac -- Regulatory capacity / Martin Lodge -- Analytical capacity / Salvador Parrado -- Management capacity and performance in European public administrations / Gerhard Hammerschmid, Vid Štimac, and Kai Wegrich -- Demographic change and welfare state restructuring / Michaela Kreyenfeld and Anika Rasner -- Sustainability : innovations through sector integration and new instruments / Andrea Lenschow -- Governance dilemmas of the contemporary state : the politics of infrastructure policy / Jacint Jordana -- Wicked problems, clumsy solutions, and messy institutions in transnational governance / Marco Verweij -- Capacity and constraint : governance through international and transnational law / Nico Krisch -- Administrative capacities in the EU : consequences of multi-level policy-making / Eva G. Heidbreder -- Collaborative innovation and governance capacity / Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing -- Capacity, innovation, and their interaction in multi-stakeholder sustainability initiatives / Kira Matus -- Conclusion : Problem-solving capacity and the modern state / Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich.
Includes bibliographical references and index.