Managing Complex Governance Systems

Teisman, Geert; Buuren, Arwin van; Gerrits, Lasse

doi:10.4324/9780203866160

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“…In this article we are not following the rather abstract and very general definitions of prominent complexity theorists (Pollitt 2009;Teisman et al 2009) but we are focusing on some central aspects, i.e. structural and cultural complexity.…”

Section: Complexity and Hybriditymentioning

confidence: 99%

Complexity and Hybrid Public Administration—Theoretical and Empirical Challenges

2010

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Section: Complexity and Hybriditymentioning

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Complexity and Hybrid Public Administration—Theoretical and Empirical Challenges

2010

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“…Against such transitions-theoretical idealism, he argued it to be hardly surprising that transformation attempts become subject to politics, negotiation and trade-off. Likewise, Voß et al (2009) identify transitions capture as a regular 'irony of policy design', in line with various sociological and political science insights (Abernathy & Clark, 1985;Dudley, 2003;Hargadon & Douglas, 2001;Luhmann, 1997;Pressman & Wild-Trojan horses in transitions 3 avsky, 1973;Teisman, van Buuren, & Gerrits, 2009;Tushman & Anderson, 1986). Further considering the abundant critical-theoretical accounts of social movement 'co-optation' and 'repressive tolerance', there are serious warnings against idealistic and simplifying systems-theoretical views.…”

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Trojan horses in transitions: A dialectical perspective on innovation ‘capture’

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2015

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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As current sustainability challenges are increasingly acknowledged to be of a persistent and systemic nature, sustainability transitions are pursued as likewise systemic solutions. Attempts at such systemic innovations have frequently been seen to become 'captured' by incumbent actors, however. As such neutralizing or even perverting co-optation reveals the tense power relations involved, capture is a key dimension of sustainability transition politics. This article argues that capture need not be considered as undesirable per se, however. Against prevalent idealist understandings, a dialectical understanding of innovation capture is developed. This perspective elicits two often neglected aspects of capture, namely its ambiguity and its longitudinal development. Invoking insights from the sociology of translation, it is highlighted how innovation attempts are translated by situated actors, who strategically emphasize or downplay the elements of the innovation that fit their ambitions. Through the typical alternation of radicalizing and domesticating appropriations, it is shown how capture may even turn out favourable to capture 'victims' and their envisioned transitions. Comparing four system innovation processes in the Dutch traffic management field, it is shown how transition politics unfold around Trojan horses. Being equipped with latent transformative force, these seemingly innocuous innovations are even meant to be captured.

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“…Teisman et al . ; Gerrits ). Complexity science encompasses a wide range of loosely connected theorems such as non‐linearity, emergence, and far‐from‐equilibrium.…”

Section: The Rise Of the Complexity Sciencesmentioning

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