Keynote: Complexity and Modern Governance

Keynote: Complexity and Modern Governance

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  Governing complex systems
 
 prof.dr.Martijn van der Steen @martijnvdsteen • Public value bottom-up • New modes of government: collaborative, networks • Sedimentation, hybridization and mixed models • Implications for public organizations, civil servants, citizens, and for (public) leaders • Discussion Outline of this session 5
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  8 10 A changing shape of problems – “Wicked” (Thomas, 2001), as opposed to “tamed” – “Systemic” (Loorbach, 2015), as opposed to “path-dependent” –“Complex” (Collander & Kupers, 2014), as opposed to “complicated”, or “structured” Governance Non-linearities Co-evolution Emergence Adaptivity
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  “Metaphors we live by” Tree Vertical hierarchy Rhizome Horizontal system Government Private Sector (small and large) Civic (groups or individuals) active citizens social entrepeneurs privatization citizen- participation Societalization Public Administration (PA) New Public Management (NPM) Network Governance (NG) Societal Resilience (SR) Thelegitimate state The active society The networking state The performing state The responsive state Policy Results Civic Results Inside-out Outside-in 5 • (Old) Public Administration core concepts: – Rechtsstaat – Rule of law – Precise and unambiguous rules – Impartiality, legality – Merit based recruitment – Public ethos – Clear division of responsibilities – Accountability 6 • (New) Public Management core concepts: – Performance management – From ex ante control to ex post control – Deregulation, liberalization – Single-purpose organizations: specialization – Separation of „policy” and „operation/execution” – Managerial autonomy, integral management – Contract, privatization, market-orientation – Customer, client, choice
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  7 • Network Governance core concepts: – Working with others to achieve your own goals –Joined up government – Chains and networks – Coordination, integration, collaboration – No departmentalism, tunnel vision, vertical silos – Seamless services across organizational boundaries – Organizing government around problems – Relational state 8 • Societal Resilience core concepts: – Local self-organization & self-reliance – Public value bottom-up – Societalization of public value – Government as co-producer, partner, or sidelined – Community shares, co-operative society Based on: Van Eijk, 2011 OPA Bureaucratic model NPM Competitive model NG (Post-NPM) Interdependence model SR Selforganizati on model Focus on State Market Network Civil society Relation Politicians- servants Principals- agents Stakeholders- stewards Prosumers Concept Public goods Public choice Public value Self reliance Legitimacy basis Input: rules & resources Output: products Throughput: process Outcomes: effects Coordination Ex-ante Ex-post Ex-durante Self- organization Role of stakeholders Voters and subjects Customers and contractors Co-producers and partners Prosumers, peer to peer Public Administration (PA) New Public Management (PM) Network Governance (NG) Societal Resilience (SR) Paradigm shifts? (O)PA NPM NG SR Sedimentation and layering Public Administration (PA) New Public Management (NPM) Network Governance (NG) Societal Resilience (SR) Policy Results Civic Results Inside-out Outside-in Netherlands: “Energie Akkoord: Germany: “EnergieWende”
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  Public Administration (PA) New Public Management (NPM) Network Governance (NG) Societal Resilience (SR) Policy Results Civic Results Inside-out Outside-in Public Administration (PA) New Public Management (NPM) Network Governance (NG) Societal Resilience (SR) Policy Results Civic Results Inside-out Outside-in logic of the organizabon logic of the environment societal steering internal organizabon role of civil servants nature of polibcs A.“Governance” beyond top-down collaboration B. Towards more “societal resilience” C. Reinvent ‘left side’ values (rule of law, accountability) to suit emerging practices • Rule of thumb: from A to B, by the rules of B The transition of governance Contact prof.dr. Martijn van der Steen Netherlands School of Public Administration (NSOB) Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) Tel: +31 641858400 e-mail: steen@nsob.nl @martijnvdsteen