Managing Complex Governance Systems

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ISBN: 9780415459730 | 0415459737
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/8/2009

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Gathering some of the latest research in the field, the original essays collected here explain how non-linear dynamics, self-organisation of many agents and the co-evolution of processes combine to generate the evolution of governance processes, especially for public urban and metropolitan investments.

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List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Maps
Preface
An Introduction to Understanding and Managing Complex Process Systems
Complexity Theory and Public Administration: A Critical Appraisal
Approaches to Researching Complexity in Public Management
Appearances and Sources of Process Dynamics; the Case of Infrastructure Development in the UK and the Netherlands
Non-Linear Dynamics in Port Systems: Change Events at Work
Metropolitan Regions as Self-Organizing Systems
The Complexity of Self-Organization: Boundary Judgments in Traffic Management
Coevolution: A Constant in Non-Linearity
Public Policy-Making and the Management of Coevolution
Managing Complex Process Systems: Surviving at the Edge of Chaos
Dealing with Complexity through Trust and Control
Complexity Theory and Evolutionary Public Administration: A Sceptical Afterword
Towards an Approach of Evolutionary Public Management
Contributors
Notes
Index
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