Future Role of State Governance through Meta-Governance and Political Leadership
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Eva Sørensen
Roskilde University
Denmark
Approach the question of the future role of the state
from a governance research perspective
A state that seeks to govern through the mobilization of
public and private actors through interactive forms of
governance
Governance theory has introduced the concept of
meta-governance
understood as ‘the governance of
governance’ to describe this new role
Meta-governance is exercised through the
institutional design and facilitation of interactive
governance arenas
Meta-governance theories tends to reduce public
leadership to a
meta-management
that aims to
ensure efficient and effective governance
In consequence they under-emphasize that meta-
governance also involves the exercise of
political
meta-leadership
Recent theories of political leadership can inspire
efforts to strengthen the political aspect of meta-
governance
Explore how recent theories of political
leadership can contribute to developing
an analytical framework for studying
the role and functioning of political
leadership of interactive governance
processes
Political leadership aims to lead a political
community
Robert C. Tucker:
Leadership as Politics
(1995)
.
Political leadership is a function rather than a position, and
the role as political leader is obtained through the ability to
serve this function rather than through formal authorization
Three leadership functions:
Construction of a problem diagnosis that calls for political action
Proposition of a strategy for dealing with the problems
Mobilization of support for the problem definition and strategy
for solving it
Joseph Masciulli et al:
Political Leadership
(2009).
Adaptive political leadership
: Reactions to changing
conditions that take the form of marginal
adjustments of existing problem definitions and
policies (reform)
Innovative political leadership
: Proactive
development of a new problem diagnoses and
strategies (revolution)
Radical political innovation is risky because it tends to
disregard contextual factors in the quest for a new
beginning
Political leadership is basically about story telling
Political story telling is a necessary element in
government as well as in interactive governance
Political leadership is not a prerogative of formally
authorized politicians, but can be performed by
other actors
Empirical studies must investigate how these
functions are carried out and by whom
Political leadership both involves adaptive and
innovative policy making
Political leadership involves the mobilization of
the political community in formulating problem
diagnoses and political strategies – as well as in
realizing the strategies
Benefits of involving the political community in
policy making:
Contributes to a contextual and negotiated problem
understanding
Helps to develop and test new political solutions
Builds political ownership
Political ambitions
determine the space
for political leadership
Adaptive meta-politics
overlaps with meta-
management
Innovative meta-politics
is different from meta-
management
There is currently a happy marriage between adaptive
political leadership and meta-management
Politicians can either engage in adaptive policy making or
become marginalized – while seeing other actors take on
the role as innovative political leaders
Theories of meta-governance have consolidated the
marriage but should instead highlight the constitutive role
of political leadership in interactive governance
New experiments with interactive policy innovation in
Denmark indicate that politicians’ ability to serve as
innovative political leaders is promoted through new
interactive governance arenas (Agger & Sørensen, 2014)
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listening
Governance research perspective discusses the evolving role of the state in mobilizing public and private actors through interactive forms of governance. Meta-governance theory emphasizes the governance of governance, with a focus on interactive governance arenas. Recent theories of political leadership add insights to strengthen the political aspect of meta-governance, highlighting the functions of problem diagnosis, strategy proposition, and support mobilization in political leadership.
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Eva Srensen Roskilde University Denmark Eva S rensen Roskilde University Denmark
Approach the question of the future role of the state from a governance research perspective A state that seeks to govern through the mobilization of public and private actors through interactive forms of governance Governance theory has introduced the concept of meta-governance understood as the governance of governance to describe this new role Meta-governance is exercised through the institutional design and facilitation of interactive governance arenas
http://www.antisocialmediallc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Down-Arrow-Icon.jpghttp://www.antisocialmediallc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Down-Arrow-Icon.jpg Meta-governance theories tends to reduce public leadership to a meta-management that aims to ensure efficient and effective governance In consequence they under-emphasize that meta- governance also involves the exercise of political meta-leadership Recent theories of political leadership can inspire efforts to strengthen the political aspect of meta- governance
Explore how recent theories of political leadership can contribute to developing an analytical framework for studying the role and functioning of political leadership of interactive governance processes Purpose of lecture
Political leadership aims to lead a political community Robert C. Tucker: Leadership as Politics (1995). Political leadership is a function rather than a position, and the role as political leader is obtained through the ability to serve this function rather than through formal authorization Three leadership functions: Construction of a problem diagnosis that calls for political action Proposition of a strategy for dealing with the problems Mobilization of support for the problem definition and strategy for solving it
Joseph Masciulli et al: Political Leadership (2009). Adaptive political leadership: Reactions to changing conditions that take the form of marginal adjustments of existing problem definitions and policies (reform) Innovative political leadership: Proactive development of a new problem diagnoses and strategies (revolution) Radical political innovation is risky because it tends to disregard contextual factors in the quest for a new beginning Two forms of political leadership
Political leadership is basically about story telling Political story telling is a necessary element in government as well as in interactive governance Political leadership is not a prerogative of formally authorized politicians, but can be performed by other actors Empirical studies must investigate how these functions are carried out and by whom Political leadership both involves adaptive and innovative policy making Important insights
Political leadership involves the mobilization of the political community in formulating problem diagnoses and political strategies as well as in realizing the strategies Benefits of involving the political community in policy making: Contributes to a contextual and negotiated problem understanding Helps to develop and test new political solutions Builds political ownership
Political ambitions determine the space for political leadership Innovative political leadership Adaptive meta-politics overlaps with meta- management Adaptive political leadership Meta- Innovative meta-politics is different from meta- management management Overlap between the political and managerial aspect of meta-governance
There is currently a happy marriage between adaptive political leadership and meta-management Politicians can either engage in adaptive policy making or become marginalized while seeing other actors take on the role as innovative political leaders Theories of meta-governance have consolidated the marriage but should instead highlight the constitutive role of political leadership in interactive governance New experiments with interactive policy innovation in Denmark indicate that politicians ability to serve as innovative political leaders is promoted through new interactive governance arenas (Agger & S rensen, 2014) Current conditions for political leadership
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