item: #1 of 62 id: cgn-100 author: Hollway, James title: What makes a “regime complex” complex? It depends date: 2021-02-15 words: 8709 flesch: 43 summary: First, ties that appear statistically independent of one another is typical of a Bernoulli or Erdos- Renyi model, which operates as our order zero of dependence complexity. That is, institutional proliferation is a necessary but itself insufficient condition for institutional complexity. keywords: complexes; complexity; dependence; example; governance; institutions; international; issue; literature; networks; press; regime; time; university cache: cgn-100.pdf plain text: cgn-100.txt item: #2 of 62 id: cgn-101 author: Papin, Marielle title: Institutional complexity is complexity with an adjective date: 2021-02-15 words: 7130 flesch: 38 summary: Taking stock of the past studies of institutional complexity, this think piece seeks to offer a conceptual and operational definition of institutional complexity building on complexity science and recent publications in International Relations. Institutional complexity is complexity with an adjective Complexity, Governance & Networks – Vol. 6, No 1 (2020) Special Issue: Global Governance in Complex Times: Exploring New Concepts and Theories on Institutional Complexity, p. 82-93 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-101 82 University of Bamberg Press Institutional complexity is complexity with an adjective Author: Marielle Papin McGill University, Canada Email: marielle.papin@mail.mcgill.ca A review of the studies on institutional complexity reveals that the many definitions of institutional complexity and related concepts share similarities with the understanding of complexity and complex systems of complexity science. keywords: complexity; complexity science; concepts; governance; institutions; new; regime; systems cache: cgn-101.pdf plain text: cgn-101.txt item: #3 of 62 id: cgn-102 author: Schapper, Andrea title: The "Super-Network": Fostering Interaction Between Human Rights and Climate Change Institutions date: 2021-02-15 words: 8656 flesch: 35 summary: It explores interaction processes between the human rights and the climate regime, and more specifically, the incorporation of human rights in the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Keywords: transnational advocacy networks; institutional interaction; human rights; climate change; Paris Agreement Introduction In today’s complex world, emerging institutional arrangements are never isolated but embedded in a web of already existing institutions originating in different policy fields. keywords: alliance; change; climate; complexity; governance; interaction; international; networks; new; paris; politics; regime; rights cache: cgn-102.pdf plain text: cgn-102.txt item: #4 of 62 id: cgn-103 author: Alemna, David; Artaraz, Kepa; Haynes, Philip; Mwale, Shadreck title: The Complexity and Instability of Policy Conditionality and Transfer: IMF Interventions in the Political Economy of South America. date: 2021-02-15 words: 8820 flesch: 54 summary: IMF policy interventions might be thought of in this way. Indeed, recent academic scholarship has attempted to identify this ‘catalistic effect’ of IMF interventions in stimulating FDI (Breen & Egan, 2019). keywords: cluster; complexity; countries; fdi; global; governance; imf; interventions; new; policy; share; table cache: cgn-103.pdf plain text: cgn-103.txt item: #5 of 62 id: cgn-104 author: Haas, Peter M; Western, Jon title: Governing Complexity in World Politics date: 2021-02-15 words: 8476 flesch: 48 summary: As a result, US decision making could be improved by the creation of two new bodies: an interagency council responsible for complex global issues supported by a small stand-alone executive unit responsible for collecting and aggregating data, conducting policy analysis, and formulating alternative policy proposals. The UN System also can benefit from institutional reforms to improve coordinated management of global complex issues. keywords: actors; complexity; global; governance; issues; national; new; policy; power; press; problems; states; university; world; york cache: cgn-104.pdf plain text: cgn-104.txt item: #6 of 62 id: cgn-105 author: Schmidt, Dennis R. title: Complexity in international society: theorising fragmentation and linkages in primary and secondary institutions date: 2021-02-15 words: 9826 flesch: 36 summary: To further advance the English School’s research programme on international institutions, the article introduces the notion of “law-governed emergence” and distils two effects it has on global institutional ordering practices: fragmentation and clustering. 94 mailto:d.r.schimdt@swansea.ac.uk 95 University of Bamberg Press Secondly, and more specifically, I argue that incorporating insights from complexity theory can help to further develop the English School’s account of international institutions. keywords: complexity; english; english school; governance; institutions; international; law; press; school; society; systems; theory; university cache: cgn-105.pdf plain text: cgn-105.txt item: #7 of 62 id: cgn-107 author: Room, Graham title: Strategic Policymaking within Complex Timescapes date: 2022-05-02 words: 9474 flesch: 54 summary: In grappling with the question of how and whether it is ever rational for political leaders and citizens to embrace policies for the long-term, Jacobs confronts some aspects of what I am calling the complexity of policy landscapes and timescapes. They also engage actively with the policy world, expanding the range of “mental models” that policy actors can deploy, as they consider how their complex world may unfold11. keywords: actors; capabilities; change; complexity; development; fitness; governance; landscape; new; policy; press; time; timescapes; university; world cache: cgn-107.pdf plain text: cgn-107.txt item: #8 of 62 id: cgn-108 author: Alemna, David title: Monetary Convergence Across the Economic Community of West African States: Lessons for the Envisioned West African Monetary Union date: 2022-05-02 words: 11584 flesch: 56 summary: Based on the journeys travelled, complex case patterns begin to appear. Table 2 (below) provides a simple presentation of the emergence of case patterns in order of appearance over the period under discussion. keywords: cabo; cases; complexity; convergence; criteria; doi; economic; ecowas; governance; guinea; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn108; issue; monetary; networks; patterns; policy; press; time; university; vol cache: cgn-108.pdf plain text: cgn-108.txt item: #9 of 62 id: cgn-109 author: Boulton, Jean title: Process Complexity date: 2022-05-02 words: 7097 flesch: 49 summary: Conclusion First, we have developed process complexity as an extension to the “things connected by forces” version of complexity theory that emerges from mathematical modelling and scientific rationalism. The foundations of our work in complexity theory derives from the legacy of Ilya Prigogine and Peter Allen (Boulton et al, 2015). keywords: change; complexity; patterns; press; prigogine; process; theory; things; time; uncertainty; university; world cache: cgn-109.pdf plain text: cgn-109.txt item: #10 of 62 id: cgn-110 author: Zelli, Fariborz; Gerrits, Lasse; Möller, Ina title: Global Governance in Complex Times: Exploring New Concepts and Theories on Institutional Complexity date: 2021-02-15 words: 8813 flesch: 42 summary: Complex global governance systems have been mostly researched as complicated systems, by decomposing them into individual institutions, processes, or interactions (Cudworth & Hobden, 2011). They include the forms and processes of governance complexity, the roles of power, norms, discourses, or knowledge in causing and proliferating this complexity, the implications of complexity for questions of democracy, transparency, legitimacy, accountability, or effectiveness, and, ultimately, the political responses that are either needed or feasible (Zelli & van Asselt, 2013). keywords: actors; complexity; concepts; governance; issue; methods; new; press; questions; research; system; theories; university; zelli cache: cgn-110.pdf plain text: cgn-110.txt item: #11 of 62 id: cgn-114 author: Shibaike, Takumi title: Legitimacy and Legitimation Practices: An Analysis of TSMO Networks date: 2022-04-12 words: 9161 flesch: 48 summary: This network data also comes from the Yearbook, but importantly, network ties are self-reported collaboration between TSMOs. Perhaps, there is a bias in how TSMOs interpret claims to have network ties. keywords: analysis; doi; global; governance; ingos; international; legitimacy; networking; networks; organizations; press; smith; social; ties; tsmos; university cache: cgn-114.pdf plain text: cgn-114.txt item: #12 of 62 id: cgn-115 author: Gerrits, Lasse; Chang, Robin A.; Pagliarin, Sofia title: Case-based complexity: within-case time variation and temporal casing date: 2022-05-02 words: 13831 flesch: 49 summary: From a bird's eye perspective, it appears that current and conventional ways to account for time are a part of “social time” rooted in religious developments that created and ingrained an “impersonal set of indispensable guidelines for daily life that transcend the individual” (van Tienoven 2019, p. 976). While the complexity sciences may stem from the hard sciences and are primarily concerned with the physical, natural world and its development over time, social time may differ in terms of duration and temporal pace, and in the experience of time (Newton, 2003), as mentioned above. keywords: analysis; boundaries; case; casing; complexity; conventions; data; duration; events; governance; megaprojects; networks; press; process; processes; research; sciences; social; space; stages; time; units; university cache: cgn-115.pdf plain text: cgn-115.txt item: #13 of 62 id: cgn-116 author: Albrecht, Kate title: Shapeshifting to address complexity: Advancing a typology of network evolution and transformation date: 2022-04-12 words: 8979 flesch: 42 summary: What features of networks evolve (Components) and externalization based on the social paradigms of component organizations and agencies Nonlinear • (Koliba et al., 2010) - Environmental factors (such as privatization, devolution, public-private partnerships) that give rise to network forms • (Scheinert et al., 2017)- Complex adaptive systems view emphasizing stochastic or random nature of network evolution forms, based in domain-level interactions • (Herranz, 2009)- Different network coordination strategies that help balance the informal and formal aspects of Ring and van de Ven's (1994) ego-centric framework • (Moynihan, 2009) and (Nowell & Steelman, 2015) - Impact of network characteristics like diversity, shared authority, and trust/relationships; disaster- response context uncertainty lead to organization or agency actions, like tie creation or deletion and changes in collaboration portfolio size and scope, that aggregate up to the network level • (Milward et al., 2010) - Comparison of for-profit and nonprofit NAO governed networks along the dimensions of structure, relationships/trust, and preliminary performance measures • (Nowell & Steelman, 2015) - Impact of network characteristics like trust and relational embeddedness; disaster- response context • (Provan & Kenis, 2007)- Governance focus from participant to NAO, linear maturing of network organizing structure Group dynamics • Koliba et al. (2010) have suggested a framework in which evolution is a function of environmental factors like privatization, devolution, and public-private partnerships that give rise to network forms of governance. keywords: domain; evolution; form; governance; group; management; network; provan; public; research; theory; time cache: cgn-116.pdf plain text: cgn-116.txt item: #14 of 62 id: cgn-120 author: Haynes, Philip; Verweij, Stefan title: Introduction date: 2022-05-02 words: 2512 flesch: 51 summary: Several articles included here in the special issue—the article by Jean Boulton and the article by Graham Room—look at the intersection of such “grand theory” with interdisciplinary policy analysis and consider the importance of identifying patterns across time in an applied and interdisciplinary sense, along with what such patterns might mean for governance leadership and decision-making. Similarly, the application of policy analysis using the complexity framework is increasingly leading to an emphasis on the unstable dynamics of the policy world with its often unpredictable and unknowable futures. keywords: analysis; complexity; governance; issue; policy; time cache: cgn-120.pdf plain text: cgn-120.txt item: #15 of 62 id: cgn-14 author: Teisman, Geert; Gerrits, Lasse title: The Emergence of Complexity in the Art and Science of Governance date: 2014-06-28 words: 5618 flesch: 52 summary: However, the aim of this contribution is not to outline main features of complexity sciences and concepts from complexity theory like co-evolution and initial conditions. It inspires the authors of this contribution to continue with their attempts to make complexity theory useful for public administration and to present evidence for the added value of this paradigm. keywords: administration; complexity; emergence; gerrits; new; research; sciences; systems; teisman; theory cache: cgn-14.pdf plain text: cgn-14.txt item: #16 of 62 id: cgn-15 author: Morçöl, Göktuğ; Teisman, Geert; Gerrits, Lasse title: Complexity, Governance and Networks: Introduction to the Inaugural Issue date: 2014-06-28 words: 1714 flesch: 43 summary: They make the case for multiplex network analyses (analyses of both the formal and informal relationships formed by policy actors) in studying the inherently complex relations in policy networks. He then briefly discusses the research streams on complex networks, network governance, and current research challenges in public administration. keywords: complexity; governance; networks; studies cache: cgn-15.pdf plain text: cgn-15.txt item: #17 of 62 id: cgn-16 author: Morçöl, Göktuğ title: Complex Governance Networks: An Assessment of the Advances and Prospects date: 2014-06-28 words: 6068 flesch: 49 summary: Complexity researchers provide ontological and epistemological grounding to governance networks studies and conceptual and methodological tools to study the self- organizational, emergent, and coevolutionary processes within and among complex gov- ernance networks. According to Provan, et al. (2007), governance network studies should go beyond these typologies and answer some key questions about the macro structures of networks. keywords: complexity; framework; governance; governance networks; morçöl; networks; policy; public; studies; systems; theory cache: cgn-16.pdf plain text: cgn-16.txt item: #18 of 62 id: cgn-17 author: Kapucu, Naim title: Complexity, Governance and Networks: Perspectives from Public Administration date: 2014-06-28 words: 4027 flesch: 43 summary: In this this essay I briefly discuss research streams on complex networks, network governance, and current re- search challenges in public administration. Keywords: Complexity, networks, network governance, network analysis. keywords: administration; complexity; governance; management; networks; policy; public; research; review cache: cgn-17.pdf plain text: cgn-17.txt item: #19 of 62 id: cgn-18 author: McGuire, Michael; Fyall, Rachel title: Policy Energy and Public Management Networks date: 2014-06-28 words: 4241 flesch: 47 summary: This article discusses these and other types of administrative and political barriers that can hinder the ability of public management networks to influence policy making and implementation. Keywords: Public management networks, network limitations. keywords: administration; energy; management; management networks; mcguire; networks; policy; public cache: cgn-18.pdf plain text: cgn-18.txt item: #20 of 62 id: cgn-19 author: Shrestha, Manoj; Berardo, Ramiro; Feiock, Richard title: Solving Institutional Collective Action Problems in Multiplex Networks date: 2014-06-28 words: 4759 flesch: 39 summary: Solving Institutional Collective Action Problems in Multiplex Networks Complexity, Governance & Networks (2014) 49–60 49 DOI: 10.7564/14-CGN7 Solving Institutional Collective Action Problems in Multiplex Networks Manoj Shresthaa, Ramiro Berardob, Richard C. Feiockc* a University of Idaho b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee c Florida State University Askew School, 626 Bellamy Building, Tallahassee FL, 32306-2250 E-mail: rfeiock@fsu.edu This essay extends theoretical arguments pertaining to single (uniplex) networks on how to solve coordination and cooperation problems associated with institutional collective action to multiplex networks constituting both formal and informal relationships formed by policy actors. Studying multiplex networks are particularly important for solving institutional col- lective action dilemmas arising from the fragmentation of political and administrative authority in contemporary societies (Feiock, 2013). keywords: action; actors; cooperation; coordination; feiock; networks; problems; shrestha cache: cgn-19.pdf plain text: cgn-19.txt item: #21 of 62 id: cgn-20 author: Klijn, Erik-Hans; Koppenjan, Joop title: Complexity in Governance Network Theory date: 2014-06-28 words: 4572 flesch: 52 summary: The assumption that underlies network theory is that handling the complexity of dif- ficult societal problems requires mutual adaption and cooperation among network actors (Scharpf, 1978, 1997; Marin & Mayntz, 1991; Rhodes, 1997; Mandell, 2001). As a result of the resource dependencies among network actors, some actors may have opportunities to “veto” the decisions made by others. keywords: actors; complexity; governance; klijn; network; policy; public; theory cache: cgn-20.pdf plain text: cgn-20.txt item: #22 of 62 id: cgn-21 author: Kiel, L. Douglas title: Complexity Theory and Its Evolution in Public Administration and Policy Studies date: 2014-06-28 words: 3987 flesch: 45 summary: The accel- eration of knowledge as a global resource is also reflected in the acceleration of knowledge regarding complexity studies in public administration and public policy. In this paper I strive to explore the evolution of complexity studies in public admin- istration and public policy. keywords: administration; complexity; policy; public; stage; studies; theory cache: cgn-21.pdf plain text: cgn-21.txt item: #23 of 62 id: cgn-22 author: Zia, Asim; Kauffman, Stuart; Koliba, Christopher; Beckage, Brian; Vattay, Gabor; Bomblies, Arne title: From the Habit of Control to Institutional Enablement: Re-envisioning the Governance of Social-Ecological Systems from the Perspective of Complexity Sciences date: 2014-06-28 words: 4561 flesch: 48 summary: We posit that governance theorists need to look for bottom-up emer- gence; they should acknowledge the unpredictability in governance systems because of their co-evolutionary nature (Kauffman, 1993; Morçöl, 2012). Managing complex governance systems. keywords: complexity; evolution; gacs; governance; kauffman; phase; science; sess; spaces; systems cache: cgn-22.pdf plain text: cgn-22.txt item: #24 of 62 id: cgn-23 author: Meek, Jack; Marshall, Kevin title: Informed Governance: Complexity and the Commons date: 2014-06-28 words: 3172 flesch: 42 summary: Jack has also edited symposia on complexity theory in Emergence: Complexity and Organization (2010) and co-edited a symposium on Integrity in Public Admin- istration in Public Integrity (2012). We  also want to express our appreciation to Dean Abe Helou, College of Business and Public Management, University of La Verne, for his continuing support for continuous dialogue and research regarding the potential of complexity theory and approaches for improving governance. keywords: administration; commons; complexity; governance; meek; networks; public; theory cache: cgn-23.pdf plain text: cgn-23.txt item: #25 of 62 id: cgn-24 author: Morçöl, Göktuğ title: Self-Organization in Collective Action: Elinor Ostrom’s Contributions and Complexity Theory date: 2014-06-28 words: 7078 flesch: 43 summary: In social systems self is defined through social construction processes, according to Gerrits (2008) and Gerrits, Marks, and van Buuren (2009). The nature and dynamics of micro–macro relationships is a core problem for complexity researchers who study social systems in general, and policy/governance systems in particular (Göktuğ Morçöl, 2012b). keywords: action; actors; complexity; morçöl; organization; ostrom; self; systems; theory cache: cgn-24.pdf plain text: cgn-24.txt item: #26 of 62 id: cgn-25 author: Marshall, Kevin title: Creating and Maintaining Innovative Space — A Framework for Unraveling the Complexities of Entrepreneurial Systems date: 2014-06-28 words: 7941 flesch: 43 summary: And thus, xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi xi Active Space: Article_14-16.indd 33 03/03/15 3:05 PM 34 K. S. Marshall / Informed Governance social action, manifested through action of individuals and the aggregation of individu- als, constitutes force, which if left alone moves through social space in a spontaneous, self-organizing and self-organizing manner, sometimes linearly, sometimes non-linearly. The proposed theoretical framework suggests a two-part analytical process germane to the creation and maintenance of innovative space consisting of 1) the iden- tification and comprehension of the space to be administered or managed, and 2) the identifica- tion and analysis of relevant rules (existing or proposed) that positively or negatively impact the emergent properties of such space. keywords: action; administrative; complexity; force; framework; nature; rules; social; space; systems; theory; xi xi cache: cgn-25.pdf plain text: cgn-25.txt item: #27 of 62 id: cgn-26 author: Chappell, David; Dewey, T. Gregory title: Defining the Entropy of Hierarchical Organizations date: 2014-06-28 words: 6526 flesch: 53 summary: In thermodynamics, Eq. 1 would have a physical constant multiplier on the right hand side to give entropy units. Organizational entropy is de- fined in a manner that readily allows for practical calculations. keywords: entropy; figure; number; organization; personnel; reporting; structure; unit cache: cgn-26.pdf plain text: cgn-26.txt item: #28 of 62 id: cgn-27 author: Schipper, Danny; Gerrits, Lasse title: The Emergence of Metropolitan Governance: A coevolutionary analysis of the life-and-death cycles of metropolitan governance in the Amsterdam metropolitan region date: 2014-06-28 words: 10122 flesch: 49 summary: The Amsterdam metropolitan area challenge: Opportunities for inclusive coproduction in city region governance. and argues that a coevolutionary analysis of metropolitan governance is necessary to understand the emergence of metropolitan governance systems as a complex process of reciprocal selection. keywords: amsterdam; amsterdam metropolitan; city; emergence; governance; government; metropolitan; new; process; province; region; regional; selection; structure; system; van cache: cgn-27.pdf plain text: cgn-27.txt item: #29 of 62 id: cgn-28 author: Pel, Bonno; van Popering-Verkerk, Jitske; van Buuren, Arwin; Edelenbos, Jurian title: Intersections in delta development; analyzing actors for complexity-sensitive spatial concepts date: 2014-06-28 words: 8588 flesch: 41 summary: This invited them to expose which sub- systems they deemed relevant to their ambitions, and to mark present and future ‘hotspot’ Article_14-18.indd 87 03/03/15 3:06 PM 88 B. Pel et al. / Intersections in delta development locations where system developments manifest themselves. Keywords: deltas, co-evolution, synchronization, actor analysis, spatial design, intersections 1. keywords: actors; analysis; complexity; concepts; configurations; delta; development; diversity; governance; intersections; pel; subsystems; system; van; water cache: cgn-28.pdf plain text: cgn-28.txt item: #30 of 62 id: cgn-29 author: Koliba, Christopher; Reynolds, Adam; Zia, Asim; Scheinert, Steven title: Isomorphic Properties of Network Governance: Comparing Two Watershed Governance Initiatives in the Lake Champlain Basin Using Institutional Network Analysis date: 2014-06-28 words: 9059 flesch: 52 summary: Local policy networks and agricultural watershed management. Using textual data min- ing techniques and institutional network analysis the authors examine measures of network centrality, develop a visual analysis of network structures and clusters, and examine statistical comparisons of the task structures found across the two planned networks. keywords: actors; analysis; champlain; environmental; governance; isomorphism; lake; management; network; ofa; partnership; plan; planning; policy; properties; public; study; tmdl; tools; vermont cache: cgn-29.pdf plain text: cgn-29.txt item: #31 of 62 id: cgn-30 author: Kapucu, Naim title: Introduction: Social Network Analysis Applications in Complex Governance Networks date: 2015-06-28 words: 1429 flesch: 39 summary: This interest has given boost to the use of social network analysis (SNA) in studies on complex governance networks. The papers help our understanding in studying complex governance networks. keywords: analysis; governance; networks; public cache: cgn-30.pdf plain text: cgn-30.txt item: #32 of 62 id: cgn-31 author: Schipper, Danny; Spekkink, Wouter title: Balancing the Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of Social Network Analysis to Study Complex Social Systems date: 2015-06-28 words: 8177 flesch: 52 summary: Keywords: Social network analysis, Complex systems, Dynamic Network analysis, Qualitative analysis 1. Social network analysis (SNA) is capable of simultane- ously taking into account higher-order system structures and their constituent elements (Knoke & Yang, 2008). keywords: actors; analysis; complex; data; information; level; methods; network; sna; systems; time cache: cgn-31.pdf plain text: cgn-31.txt item: #33 of 62 id: cgn-32 author: Siciliano, Michael D.; Wukich, Clayton title: Network Features and Processes as Determinants of Organizational Interaction during Extreme Events date: 2015-06-28 words: 9718 flesch: 48 summary: However, the use of a triangle term often led to degenerate network models where the observed network structure could not be recreated from the statistical model (Handcock, 2003; Snijders, 2002). Analyses and Results Our analyses involve three different types of network models. keywords: administration; comfort; features; katrina; management; model; network; organizations; processes; public; random; research; response; robins cache: cgn-32.pdf plain text: cgn-32.txt item: #34 of 62 id: cgn-33 author: Carboni, Julia L. title: Measuring Risks of Organizational Failure in Contract Exchange Structures date: 2015-06-28 words: 7564 flesch: 42 summary: Measuring Risks of Organizational Failure in Contract Exchange Structures Complexity, Governance & Networks-Vol 02, Issue 01 (2015) 45–64 45 DOI: 10.7564/13-CGN01 Measuring Risks of Organizational Failure in Contract Exchange Structures Julia L. Carboni Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis and IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy E-mail: jcarboni@iupui.edu Governmental agencies increasingly contract out service delivery, but have little understand- ing of the systemic risk associated with dependence on contractors in service delivery networks. In this study, affiliation network concepts are used to develop a structural index of government dependence on actors in service delivery networks without joint service delivery. keywords: contract; exchange; failure; government; mode; network; organization; parent; programs; service cache: cgn-33.pdf plain text: cgn-33.txt item: #35 of 62 id: cgn-34 author: Scheinert, Steve; Koliba, Christopher; Hurley, Stephanie; Coleman, Sarah; Zia, Asim title: The Shape of Watershed Governance: Locating the Boundaries of Multiplex Networks date: 2015-06-28 words: 8009 flesch: 47 summary: Identifying internal boundaries within governance networks, such as those governance structures that influence and are influenced by large and diverse watersheds such as the Lake Champlain Basin, is necessary for differentiating between multiple functional subnetworks. Koliba, Meek, and Zia (2010) ex- plain the importance of boundaries within governance networks, finding that, “Internal boundaries will likely be influenced by the nature of the multiplex ties formed between actors in the network” (p. 169). keywords: analysis; boundaries; governance; governance network; information; network; organizations; reporting; resource; results; scheinert; sharing; subnetworks; watershed cache: cgn-34.pdf plain text: cgn-34.txt item: #36 of 62 id: cgn-35 author: Hu, Qian title: Conducting Content Analysis of Documents in Network Research: A Review of Recent Scholarship date: 2015-06-28 words: 9495 flesch: 47 summary: A Review of Recent Scholarship Complexity, Governance & Networks-Vol 02, Issue 01 (2015) 83–102 83 DOI: 10.7564/14-CGN11 Conducting Content Analysis of Documents in Network Research: A Review of Recent Scholarship Qian Hu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, HPA II, Suite 238 Email: Qian.Hu@ucf.edu In this study I examine how researchers have conducted content analysis of documents to collect and analyze network data in public administration. The types of documents that researchers have used to draw network data are diverse, but the ways they are used are limited. keywords: administration; analysis; articles; coding; content; content analysis; data; documents; journal; kapucu; management; network; network analysis; network data; network research; policy; public; research; researchers; review cache: cgn-35.pdf plain text: cgn-35.txt item: #37 of 62 id: cgn-37 author: Gerrits, Lasse; Morçöl, Göktuğ title: Message from the editors date: 2017-01-16 words: 486 flesch: 39 summary: Because of this support, UBP will be able to publish it open access under the creative commons license and will not charge authors for the articles published in it. Open access publishing will also give authors greater control over their publications: they can distribute them freely without prior consent. keywords: complexity cache: cgn-37.pdf plain text: cgn-37.txt item: #38 of 62 id: cgn-38 author: Marks, Peter; Gerrits, Lasse title: Introduction: On the coevolution of innovation and public policy date: 2017-01-16 words: 2224 flesch: 37 summary: However, any economy will benefit more from a mixture of related and unrelated innovations, and requires innovation policies that facilitate both. In order to realize such innovation policies much can be learned by incorporating other disciplines, e.g. political sciences or institutional sociology. keywords: complexity; economics; innovation; perspective; policy cache: cgn-38.pdf plain text: cgn-38.txt item: #39 of 62 id: cgn-39 author: Stoelhorst, J.W. title: Better Than Rational: A Naturalistic View of Economic Governance date: 2017-01-16 words: 9446 flesch: 39 summary: Moreover, in building empirically grounded explanations of human behavior and organization, it also offers an alternative to the traditional view of governance in economic theory, with its emphasis on decentralized exchange and rational self-interested choice. Whereas economic theory has comprehensively illuminated the virtues and limitations of markets, it has traditionally paid less attention to other institutional arrangements.” keywords: behavior; complexity; cooperation; dilemmas; economic; goods; governance; group; public; self; social; theory; view cache: cgn-39.pdf plain text: cgn-39.txt item: #40 of 62 id: cgn-40 author: Potts, Jason title: Complexity, economics, and innovation policy: How two kinds of science lead to two kinds of economics and two kinds of policy date: 2017-01-16 words: 8668 flesch: 50 summary: This paper will outline this case, focusing on the different ways this manifests in two views of innovation economics—and the definition of the innovation problem as an economic problem—and the implications for innovation policy. 22 Complexity, Governance & Networks - Special Issue: Complexity, Innovation and Policy (2017) 22-34 Jason Potts: Complexity, economics, and innovation policy: keywords: approach; complexity; economics; economy; innovation; innovation policy; kinds; new; policy; potts; problem; rules; science; university cache: cgn-40.pdf plain text: cgn-40.txt item: #41 of 62 id: cgn-41 author: Frenken, Koen title: A Complexity-Theoretic Perspective on Innovation Policy date: 2017-01-16 words: 7933 flesch: 40 summary: 35 Koen Frenken: A Complexity-Theoretic Perspective on Innovation Policy DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-41 University of Bamberg Press A Complexity-Theoretic Perspective on Innovation Policy Author: Koen Frenken Innovation Studies, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, The Netherlands k.frenken@uu.nl, @kfrenken It is argued that innovation policy based on notions of market failure or system failure is too limited in the context of current societal challenges. Keywords: Innovation policy, complexity theory, evolutionary economics, entrepreneurial state, temporary innovation system, societal challenges, tentative governance 1. keywords: complexity; diversification; firms; innovation; innovation policy; knowledge; market; new; perspective; policies; policy; r&d; system; university cache: cgn-41.pdf plain text: cgn-41.txt item: #42 of 62 id: cgn-42 author: Marks, Peter; Gerrits, Lasse title: Evaluating technological progress in public policies: the case of the high-speed railways in the Netherlands date: 2017-01-16 words: 7852 flesch: 53 summary: High speed trains require considerable energy to run. The last standard-setting came after the early years of the Shinkansen, when the train’s nose changed from a bullet shape to the tapered shape to reduce air resistance when traveling at high speeds and to deal with the shock waves when entering tunnels. keywords: case; complexity; doi; gerrits; hsl; innovation; marks; netherlands; networks; policies; policy; progress; public; speed; speed railways; trains; zuid cache: cgn-42.pdf plain text: cgn-42.txt item: #43 of 62 id: cgn-45 author: Haynes, Philip; Darking, Mary; Stroud, Julia title: Developing public service knowledge and learning about complex systems: using a community of practice to integrate theory and practice date: 2018-01-31 words: 6015 flesch: 44 summary: The turn to complex systems (Byrne, 1998; Cilliers, 1998) in the applied social science approach to complexity theory provided more emphasis on practice (Klijn, 2008; Rhodes, et al, 2011), and loosely connected the complexity approach with a range of contemporary approaches to applied systems theory in management (Seddon, 2008; Rhodes et al, 2011; Allen, et al, 2011). The requirement built into the funding bid that the closed community of practice consist of an equal focus on theory and practice and academic scholarship and public practice ensured that the scholarly work had to articulate its theoretical narrative into a real-world setting. keywords: community; complexity; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-45; learning; management; policy; practice; public; systems; theory; university cache: cgn-45.pdf plain text: cgn-45.txt item: #44 of 62 id: cgn-46 author: Gerrits, Lasse; Wirtz, Martin title: Teaching Complexity by means of Problem-Based Learning: Potential, Practice, and Pitfalls date: 2018-01-31 words: 7483 flesch: 53 summary: Provide common starting point, i.e. every group member should understand the assignment text as it stands Linking abstract notions of complexity theory and thinking to real-life experiences of students Facing an unstructured problem 2 Formulation of problem statement Provide title for the session or formulate wider research question, i.e. what is it about Students dive into topic and grasp the underlying problem of the assignment By discussing in the group, students establish a common ground of the problem – they not only name it but discuss it and also examine its wider relevance 3 Brainstorming Everything is allowed: collection of ideas, potential explanation in regard of problem statement, etc. To establish and contrast: what does the group already know – what does the group want to find out Students spontaneously name aspects that they consider as interesting and relevant Activation of prior knowledge and real-world experiences – students should link the problem statement to existing knowledge Non-linear, free-floating process of problem solving 4 Categorising and structuring of Brainstorming Keywords from Brainstorming are put into similar categories (according to question type; why, how, what consequences, etc.) keywords: administration; complexity; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-46; knowledge; learning; pbl; problem; public; students; teaching; university cache: cgn-46.pdf plain text: cgn-46.txt item: #45 of 62 id: cgn-48 author: Wolf, Amanda title: Teaching Complexity: The Limits of Evidence and the ‘Prospective’ Case Study date: 2018-01-31 words: 5864 flesch: 46 summary: Master of Public Policy Students’ Initial Orientations to ‘Evidence’ and ‘Complexity’ In their workplaces, policy students are exposed to strong rhetoric and prescriptions concerning the supremacy of ‘evidence’ for developing and implementing policy. Moreover, in a small country context, students (as practitioners) are accustomed to looking elsewhere for policy evidence. keywords: analysis; case; complexity; evidence; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-48; learning; methods; new; policy; students; teaching; university cache: cgn-48.pdf plain text: cgn-48.txt item: #46 of 62 id: cgn-50 author: Hazy, James K title: Teaching Complexity and Its Practical Implications in Leadership Development Programs date: 2018-01-31 words: 10558 flesch: 47 summary: This seminar presents complexity leadership as an emerging imperative for today’s leaders. In contrast, complexity leadership is interested in the process of identifying, framing and then moving the system in the right direction. keywords: coarse; complexity; hazy; influence; leadership; model; module; networks; new; organization; press; structures; system; time; university cache: cgn-50.pdf plain text: cgn-50.txt item: #47 of 62 id: cgn-54 author: Raisio, Harri; Puustinen, Alisa; Vartiainen, Pirkko; Lindell, Juha; Ollila, Seija title: Teaching public administrators and leaders to handle complexity date: 2018-01-31 words: 6280 flesch: 51 summary: Combining network theory and complexity theory could be seen as one of the new streams bringing together complexity and PA (see e.g., Eppel 2017; Koliba et al. 2016; Koppenjan & Klijn 2014). Special Issue: Teaching Complexity, p. 80-91 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-54 81 University of Bamberg Press In Finland, students must pass an entrance examination in order to be accepted to pursue a degree, and this is where the first introduction to complexity occurs, as one of the articles in the pre-reading materials for the entrance examination deals with complexity leadership (Lindell, Ollila & Vartiainen 2014). keywords: complexity; course; governance; health; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-54; management; problems; public; students; teaching; theory; university cache: cgn-54.pdf plain text: cgn-54.txt item: #48 of 62 id: cgn-55 author: Galaz, Victor; Pierre, Jon title: Superconnected, Complex and Ultrafast: Governance of Hyperfunctionality in Financial Markets date: 2017-06-27 words: 11109 flesch: 42 summary: Keywords: complexity; financial markets; algorithmic trade; governance; network governance 1. Introduction Trade in financial markets relies fundamentally on information flows. keywords: actors; complexity; financial; frequency; galaz; governance; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-55; hyperfunctionality; information; making; markets; networks; new; october; pierre; policy; press; speed; systems; trade; trading; university cache: cgn-55.pdf plain text: cgn-55.txt item: #49 of 62 id: cgn-56 author: Cairney, Paul; Geyer, Robert title: A critical Discussion of Complexity Theory: How does 'Complexity Thinking' improve our Understanding of Politics and Policymaking? date: 2017-06-27 words: 6410 flesch: 51 summary: Keywords: Complexity theory; Interdisciplinarity; Policy studies; Democratic accountability; Pragmatism Introduction It is customary to describe complexity theory as new, exciting, and interdisciplinary (Mitchell, 2009, p. x). How can policy theory have an impact on policymaking? keywords: cairney; complexity; complexity theory; geyer; policy; policymaking; politics; public; studies; theory cache: cgn-56.pdf plain text: cgn-56.txt item: #50 of 62 id: cgn-57 author: Schipper, Danny; Gerrits, Lasse title: Communication and Sensemaking in the Dutch Railway System: Explaining coordination failure between teams using a mixed methods approach date: 2017-06-27 words: 11314 flesch: 55 summary: The formal procedures prescribe that train dispatchers should be notified immediately in the event that rail infrastructure is no longer safe to be used. Train dispatcher: “Look, a situation is safe or unsafe! keywords: actors; communication; coordination; dispatchers; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-57; information; railway; sensemaking; switches; system; teams; time; track; traffic; train cache: cgn-57.pdf plain text: cgn-57.txt item: #51 of 62 id: cgn-61 author: Rhodes, Mary Lee; Eppel, Elizabeth Anne title: Public Administration and Complexity – or how to teach things we can’t predict? date: 2018-01-31 words: 4473 flesch: 49 summary: The panel topic was Complexity theory in Public Administration: state of Theory and Practice and the range of papers presented there suggested that although complexity theory had certainly made inroads into public management scholarship - indeed it was being incorporated into a wide range of theoretical and practical investigations - there was little convergence on which aspects of complexity theory were generating the most interest or had been tried and rejected as not relevant. Introduction Since the beginning of the 21st C, a group of public administration scholars have been researching complexity theory and its application in the public administration and policy contexts (Koliba et al 2016, Rhodes et al 2011, Head 2010, Morcol 2013). keywords: administration; complexity; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-61; issue; management; policy; public; students; teaching; theory cache: cgn-61.pdf plain text: cgn-61.txt item: #52 of 62 id: cgn-62 author: Ivanovic, Nevena; Gerrits, Lasse title: Teaching complexity in public administration across the globe: an overview date: 2018-01-31 words: 3150 flesch: 50 summary: We also included complexity science programs that offer specialization in one of the previously mentioned disciplines, e.g. programs that would cover the use of complexity sciences in questions central to our fields. Countries with the highest number of selected programs include Germany (14 programs), followed by United Kingdom and the United States of America (10 programs each), Australia, Netherlands, and Switzerland (six programs each), Canada, Denmark, Italy, New Zealand, and Russia (three programs each), Austria, Chile, China, France, Ghana, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Sweden, and Thailand (two programs each), Belgium, Bolivia, Ireland, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, and Turkey (one program each). keywords: administration; complexity; programs; results; science; search cache: cgn-62.pdf plain text: cgn-62.txt item: #53 of 62 id: cgn-63 author: van der Cingel, Paul title: How to educate navigators in a complex world: making a case in higher professional education in The Netherlands date: 2018-01-31 words: 4975 flesch: 46 summary: Special Issue: Teaching Complexity, p. 19-31 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-63 26 University of Bamberg Press We started out by trying to construct learning objectives that captured the essence of student skills needed to deal with complexity. Special Issue: Teaching Complexity, p. 19-31 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-63 30 University of Bamberg Press Conclusion and discussion In this article, we argued that there is a compelling case for designing, testing and implementing embedded complexity workshops (ECW’s) in Dutch higher professional education. keywords: complexity; education; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-63; issue; networks; professional; students; teaching; university; world cache: cgn-63.pdf plain text: cgn-63.txt item: #54 of 62 id: cgn-68 author: Mumtaz, Muhammad; H. Ali, Saleem title: Adaptive Governance and sub-national Climate Change Policy: A comparative analysis of Khyber Pukhtunkhawa and Punjab Provinces in Pakistan date: 2019-10-24 words: 8106 flesch: 45 summary: The KPK province is governed by his party and it is considered the most vulnerable to climate change province in Pakistan. One of the most important factors which influenced the success of climate change governance is the involvement and active interest of the top political leadership (Meadowcroft 2009). keywords: adaptation; adaptive; change; climate; climate change; governance; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-68; kpk; pakistan; policy; provinces; punjab; study; systems cache: cgn-68.pdf plain text: cgn-68.txt item: #55 of 62 id: cgn-72 author: Webster, DG; Pavlovich, Tyler title: Responsive Governance and Harmful Microbial Blooms on Lake Erie: An ABM Approach date: 2019-10-24 words: 15736 flesch: 50 summary: Action There are two main types of actions in the model: constituents can send signals to government agents and government agents can regulate nutrient levels, and farmer agents change the nutrients applied to their patches once regulations are put in place. If bloom signals are strong enough to generate high levels of public or interest group attention, policy maker agents will also receive indirect signals from their constituents, pressuring them to take action to reduce bloom activity. keywords: agents; bloom; complexity; concern; farmers; governance; government; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-72; issue; lake; level; model; networks; nutrients; patches; press; signals; systems; university; vol cache: cgn-72.pdf plain text: cgn-72.txt item: #56 of 62 id: cgn-75 author: Hammond Wagner, Courtney Ryder title: Strengthening the institution-behavior link in the SES Framework to facilitate comparative analysis of environmental public goods dilemmas date: 2019-10-24 words: 9917 flesch: 34 summary: This flexibility means that we can use a variety of decision-making and behavioral theories to better http://dx.doi.org/ Complexity, Governance & Networks – Vol. 5, No 1 (2019) Special Issue: Adaptive Governance of Coupled Social-Ecological Systems, p. 5-23 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-75 15 University of Bamberg Press understand SES actor behavior and outcomes. Many environmental challenges take the form of environmental public goods dilemmas, including climate change, water quality deterioration and biodiversity loss. keywords: actor; behavior; decision; dilemmas; framework; goods; goods dilemmas; governance; making; ostrom; quality; resource; ses; ses framework; systems; water cache: cgn-75.pdf plain text: cgn-75.txt item: #57 of 62 id: cgn-80 author: Panikkar, Bindu; Zia, Asim; Sgorbati, Susan; Cohen, Michael; Abid, Muhammand; Fayyaz, Muhammad; Hashimi, Nadia; Ali, Shaukat; Ahmad, Monir; Aman, Zuhra; Halasah, Suleiman; Rice, Diana; Del Rossi, Gemma; Ryan, Benjamin; Hameed, Kashif; Hussain, Mujahid; Salimee, Naeem title: Transboundary Water Governance in the Kabul River Basin: Implementing Environmental and Public Diplomacy Between Pakistan and Afghanistan date: 2019-10-24 words: 11929 flesch: 40 summary: Transboundary waters: Current status of cooperative efforts on transboundary waters. Water Cooperation efforts in the Kabul River Basin Focusing on transboundary water conflicts and governance using traditional neo-realist/neo- institutionalist paradigms is an insufficient approach to understanding the complex dynamics of transboundary water cooperation. keywords: afghanistan; basin; building; conflict; cooperation; governance; http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-80; international; kabul; kabul river; learning; management; networks; pakistan; participants; resources; river; systems; transboundary; water; water cooperation; water resources cache: cgn-80.pdf plain text: cgn-80.txt item: #58 of 62 id: cgn-81 author: Spett, Emma J title: Building Resilience in Trans-boundary Social-Ecological Systems: Adaptive Governance in the Lake Champlain Richelieu River Basin date: 2019-10-24 words: 6923 flesch: 42 summary: Floods of consequence that encompassed the entire Lake Champlain Richelieu River basin include both the spring and summer floods of 2011, and August of 1976. 2.1 Tools and Options for Management At present, some of the management options being utilized to deal with flooding on the trans- boundary Lake Champlain Richelieu River basin include localized efforts to mitigate the impact of flooding, including sandbagging around neighborhoods and roads that are particularly vulnerable to damage. keywords: basin; champlain; champlain richelieu; flooding; governance; lake; lake champlain; management; resilience; richelieu; river; river basin; systems cache: cgn-81.pdf plain text: cgn-81.txt item: #59 of 62 id: cgn-89 author: Padot, Rebecca title: How Effective Public Managers Transform Separation of Powers into “Inseparable Powers” in United States Foster Care Administration Networks date: 2019-10-24 words: 10655 flesch: 54 summary: Since the literature has acknowledged the value of public manager networks and collaboration, the research question posed here seeks to understand whether the public managers who utilized collaborative external networks produced better foster care outcomes. Delaware and Michigan represented top- performing foster care states and New York and Rhode Island represented bottom-performing foster care states based on this outcomes data. keywords: administration; branch; care; case; children; communication; corrigan; foster; foster care; governance; management; managers; michigan; networks; outcomes; personal; public; research; state cache: cgn-89.pdf plain text: cgn-89.txt item: #60 of 62 id: cgn-91 author: Fowler, Luke title: Key Questions for Forming Partnerships: A Review and Research Agenda date: 2021-02-15 words: 7762 flesch: 42 summary: In general, existing scholarship on partnership formation argues that partnerships are a function of resource-exchanges, available partners, or fragmented authorities, and assumes a pragmatic managerial approach to these arrangements (Grady and Chen, 2006; Feiock and Scholz, 2009). Garbage Can Theory (GCT) of organizational choice as a guiding framework to identify key issues that affect partnerships formation and tie this disjointed set of literature together. keywords: administration; complexity; feiock; governance; networks; new; organizations; o’toole; partnership; policy; problems; public; review cache: cgn-91.pdf plain text: cgn-91.txt item: #61 of 62 id: cgn-92 author: Zia, Asim title: Adaptive Governance of Coupled Social-Ecological Systems: Introduction to the Special Issue Themes date: 2019-10-24 words: 2383 flesch: 38 summary: They further argue that one of the influential approaches to reconciling social and ecological aspects of environmental governance emerged in the form of adaptive governance to deal with uncertainty and complexity of SESs. -4 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/cgn-92 1 University of Bamberg Press Adaptive Governance of Coupled Social-Ecological Systems: Introduction to the Special Issue Themes Author: Asim Zia Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, University of Vermont, U.S.A. E-mail: Asim.Zia@uvm.edu Stockholm Resilience Alliance (SRA) defines adaptive governance as an evolving research framework for analyzing the social, institutional, economical, and ecological foundations of multilevel governance modes that are successful in building resilience for the vast challenges posed by multiscale drivers of change, such as global climate change, rapid technological change, terrorism, socio-economic disruptions, and political coups. keywords: complexity; governance; issue; networks; press; systems; university cache: cgn-92.pdf plain text: cgn-92.txt item: #62 of 62 id: cgn-99 author: Faude, Benjamin title: International Institutions in Hard Times: How Complexity Increases Resilience date: 2021-02-15 words: 5714 flesch: 35 summary: The preceding section established that, given the proliferation of international institutions over the past decades, any analysis of the resilience of contemporary international institutions should take their embeddedness into institutional complexity (as defined above) into account. Keywords: international institutions; institutional complexity; resilience; sociological differentiation theory Introduction Institutional complexity is the central structural feature of contemporary global governance. keywords: complexity; differentiation; global; governance; institutions; levels; press; resilience; states; university cache: cgn-99.pdf plain text: cgn-99.txt