This volume explores the way in which political organizations must confront situations of relatively high uncertainty and unpredictability with limited knowledge, and how turbulent times provide opportunities to investigate the sustainability of governance systems.

Provides an original theory, conceptualizing the types and degrees of turbulence that certain political institutions typically face and how variations of turbulence can impact governance Features contributors from leading figures in the field Provides extensive and original comparative data

Christopher Ansell is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Pragmatist Democracy: Evolutionary Learning as Public Philosophy (OUP, 2011) and Schism and Solidarity in Social Movements (CUP, 2000). His fields of interest include organization theory, political sociology, public administration, and Western Europe. Jarle Trondal is Professor of Public Administration at University of Agder, Department of Political Science and Management, Norway, and Professor of European Studies at University of Oslo, ARENA Centre for European Studies, Norway. He is also Honorary Professor at University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His main fields of research include European public administration, administrative behavior, administrative reform, and organizational studies. His publications include An Emergent European Executive Order (OUP, 2010), Unpacking International Organisations (with Martin Marcussen, Torbjorn Larsson and Frode Veggeland, MUP, 2010), The Agency Phenomenon in the European Union (with Madalina Busuioc and Martijn Groenleer, MUP, 2012), and The Palgrave Handbook on the European Administrative (with Michael W. Bauer, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). Morten Øgård is a Professor of Local Government Studies at University of Agder, Department of Political Science and Management, Norway and he is the Academic Director of the Life Long Learning Master's Program in Leadership at University of Agder. His main fields of research include local government and governance, reforms in public sector, organization studies, and administrative behavior. Recent publications include The Rise of the Networking Region (with Harald Baldersheim and Vegard Haug, Ashgate, 2011) and Do Networks Matter? Network Involvement and Policy Learning in Nordic Regions (forthcoming in Journal of Baltic Studies).

Provides an original theory, conceptualizing the types and degrees of turbulence that certain political institutions typically face and how variations of turbulence can impact governance Features contributors from leading figures in the field Provides extensive and original comparative data