Robust Governance

Public Service Delivery and Child Well-Being in Times of Turbulence
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-42219-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

This open access book challenges conventional assumptions about public administration by examining how governments adapt and sustain essential public services during times of unprecedented crisis. This topic has become increasingly pressing in recent years due to a growing number of pervasive societal events, including the financial crisis, the refugee crisis, Brexit, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Focusing on the closure and reopening of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, the book assesses how nine European countries sought to maintain the delivery of public services in order to safeguard child wellbeing. It argues that positive, adaptive and innovative governmental responses emerged during the pandemic in relation to education, advanced by interactions between local, regional and national governments, and between politicians, experts and scientists. By mapping an agenda for future research, it also demonstrates how public organizations can respond robustly and uphold key functions and services during times of crisis.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Torfing, Jacob

Douglas, Scott

Kuiper, Marlot

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Why Study Robust Governance in Turbulent Times? by Jacob Torfing, Scott Douglas, and Marlot Kuiper.- Chapter 2: Robust Governance of Societal Turbulence and Its Supportive Conditions by Jacob Torfing, Scott Douglas, and Marlot Kuiper.- Chapter 3: Studying Robust Governance during COVID-19: Methods and Data Used in a Europe-wide Comparative Case Study by Marlot Kuiper, Scott Douglas, Jacob Torfing, Emma Pullen.- Chapter 4: Robust Governance of Child Well-being During COVID-19: A comparative analysis of networked localities in Belgium, Estonia and Italy by Chiara Russo, Federico Cuomo, Eva Peeters, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Steven Nõmmik.- Chapter 5: Different Pathways to Robust Governance? Examining Public Value Solutions in Norway and Spain by Lara Ripoll, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag, Javier García-Lacalle, and Berit Irene Vannebo.- Chapter 6: Challenging conditions for robust crisis governance initiatives at the local level in Central and Eastern Europe: Comparing Hungarian and Czech localities during the Covid-19 crisis by Hajnal Gyorgy, Davis Spacek and Molnár Gábor Tamás.- Chapter 7: Exploring the Role of Professionals in Robust Governance within Strong Welfare States: Cases from Denmark and the Netherlands by Marlot Kuiper, Emma Pullen, Tina Øllgaard Bentzen, Scott Douglas, Jacob Torfing, Fleur Stalenhoef, Eva Sørensen and Peter Triantafillou.- Chapter 8: What Actor-centred Robustness Strategies Support Robust Governance Amid Societal Turbulence? A Cross-National QCA Study by Marlot Kuiper, Scott Douglas, Jacob Torfing and Emma Pullen.- Chapter 9: What Governance Conditions Support Robust Governance Amidst Crisis-Induced Turbulence? A Cross-national QCA Study by Scott Douglas, Marlot Kuiper, Jacob Torfing and Emma Pullen.- Chapter 10: Theoretical Contribution, Lessons Learned and Future Research Avenues by Scott Douglas, Marlot Kuiper and Jacob Torfing.

Über Autor(innen)

Jacob Torfing is Professor of Politics and Institutions at Roskilde School of Governance, Roskilde University, Denmark. 

Scott Douglas is Associate Professor of Law, Economics and Government at Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. 

Marlot Kuiper is Assistant Professor of Public Management at Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.