Future Public Governance and Global Crises

Edited by Elias Pekkola, Vice Dean, Jan-Erik Johanson, Professor of Administrative Science, Marjukka Mikkonen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Jari Stenvall, Professor of Administrative Science and Emmi Siirtola, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland

Contents
1 Introducing Future Public Governance and Global Crises: Nordic Perspectives 1
Jan-Erik Johanson, Elias Pekkola, Jari Stenvall and Marjukka Mikkonen
PART I Structures of governance
2 Towards the best public administration in the world: a case of health and social services reform in Finland from the perspective of children’s and families’ services 13
Eija Mattila and Tomi J. Kallio
3 What about us? Functional integration of local government services as part of social and health care reform in Finland 27
Patrik Nordin and Jan-Erik Johanson
4 Interdependence, knowledge and cooperation in cross-border cooperation in the North 43
Paula Tulppo, Timo Aarrevaara and Risto Harisalo
5 Discontinuity in projectified governance: challenges for governing the future 59
Johan Munck af Rosenschöld and Kanerva Kuokkanen
PART II Co-creation and collaboration
6 Trust-reforms in Scandinavia: Assessments of adoption and impacts of trust-based management in public sector organizations 77
Åge Johnsen
7 Searching for Nordic features: institutional logics of participatory budgeting in local government 93
Lotta-Maria Sinervo, Kaisa Kurkela and Pauliina Lehtonen
8 Transforming the public sector through harnessing social capital and innovation in rural Estonia 109
Kadri Kangro and Katri-Liis Lepik
9 Whose voice matters? The role and democratic legitimacy of the representation of civil society in sport in contemporary Nordic governance 127
Marjukka Mikkonen and Kati Lehtonen
PART III Knowledge
10 Governing uncertainty by anticipating risk: assessing crisis management during COVID-19 145
Jari Stenvall, Rómulo Pinheiro, Jan-Erik Johanson, Elias Pekkola, Jarle Trondal and Pasi-Heikki Rannisto
11 Anticipation and futures knowledge in policy and strategy-making at the local level in Finland 167
Hanna Heino
12 Evidence-informed policymaking in physical activity policy: reflections on Finland 181
Minttu Korsberg
13 Emerging governance issues within a changing geopolitical landscape for international collaboration in Nordic public research 201
Agnete Vabø and Evanthia Kalpazidou Schmidt
14 Collective resilience and sustainability in public policy: reframing the problems of unsustainability – a Nordic contribution 217
Esa Käyhkö
15 Conclusions: Stormwatch? Governance strategies for unpredictable seas 233
Elias Pekkola, Jan-Erik Johanson, Emmi Siirtola, Marjukka Mikkonen and Jari Stenvall