The problem-solving capacity of the modern state: governance challenges and administrative capacities

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.

Governance Challenges and Innovations examines the capacity of contemporary governments to act upon and address the pressing problems of our time. It highlights four basic administrative capacities that matter for governance and considers the way in which states have addressed particular governance challenges.

This title examines the capacity of contemporary governments to act upon and address the pressing problems of our time. It highlights four basic administrative capacities that matter for governance and considers the way in which states have addressed particular governance challenges.