Governance Challenges and Innovations examines the capacity of contemporary governments to act upon and address the pressing problems of our time. It highlights four basic administrative capacities that matter for governance and considers the way in which states have addressed particular governance challenges.

• 1: Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich: Introduction: Governance Innovation, Administrative Capacities, and Policy Instruments


• Part I Administrative Capacities


• 2: Peter Hupe and Michael Hill: Delivery Capacity


• 3: Kai Wegrich and Vid Stimac: Coordination Capacity


• 4: Martin Lodge: Regulatory Capacity


• 5: Salvador Parrado: Analytical Capacity


• 6: Gerhard Hammerschmid, Vid Stimac, and Kai Wegrich: Management Capacity and Performance in European Public Administrations


• Part II Challenges and Capacities in Key Policy Areas


• 7: Michaela Kreyenfeld and Anika Rasner: Demographic Change and Welfare State Restructuring


• 8: Andrea Lenschow: Sustainability: Innovations through Sector Integration and New Instruments


• 9: Jacint Jordana: Governance Dilemmas of the Contemporary State: The Politics of Infrastructure Policy


• Part III Capacities and Innovations Beyond the State


• 10: Marco Verweij: Wicked Problems, Clumsy Solutions and Messy Institutions in Transnational Governance


• 11: Nico Krisch: Capacity and Constraint: Governance Through International and Transnational Law


• 12: Eva Heidbreder: Administrative Capacities in the EU: Consequences of Multi-level Policy-Making


• 13: Eva Sorensen and Jacob Torfing: Collaborative Innovation and Governance Capacity


• 14: Kira Matus: Capacity, Innovation and their Interaction in Multi-stakeholder Sustainability Initiatives


• 15: Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich: Conclusion: Problem-Solving Capacity and the Modern State

The Hertie School in Berlin prepares exceptional students for leadership positions in government, business, and civil society. The school offers master's, doctoral and executive education programmes distinguished by interdisciplinary and practice-oriented teaching, as well as outstanding research. Its extensive international network positions it as an ambassador of good governance, characterised by public debate and engagement. The school was founded in 2003 by the Hertie Foundation, which remains its major funder. The Hertie School is accredited by the state and the German Science Council.
Martin Lodge (PhD, London School of Economics) is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy in the Department of Government and the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Kai Wegrich (Dr. rer. pol., Potsdam University) is Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy at the Hertie School of Governance.