Managing complex governance systems : dynamics, self-organization and coevolution in public investments / edited by Geert Teisman, Arwin van Buuren and Lasse Gerrits.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265) and index.

An introduction to understanding and managing complex process systems / Geert R. Teisman, Lasse Gerrits, Arwin Van Buuren -- Complexity theory and public administration : a critical appraisal / Erik-Hans Klijn, Ig Snellen -- Approaches to researching complexity in public management / Jean-Marie Buijs, Jasper Eshuis, David Byrne -- Appearances and sources of process dynamics ; the case of infrastructure development in the UK and the Netherlands / Geert R. Teisman, Eddy Westerveld, Marcel Hertogh -- Non-linear dynamics in port systems : change events at work / Marcel Van Gils, Lasse Gerrits, Geert R. Teisman -- Metropolitan regions as self-organizing systems / Jean-Marie Buijs [and others] -- The complexity of self-organization : boundary judgments in traffic management / Bonno Pel -- Coevolution : a constant in non-linearity / Lasse Gerrits, Peter Marks, Arwin Van Buuren -- Public policy-making and the management of coevolution / Arwin Van Buuren, Lasse Gerrits, Peter Marks -- Managing complex process systems : surviving at the edge of chaos / Jurian Edelenbos, Erik-Hans Klijn, Michiel Kort -- Dealing with complexity through trust and control / Jurian Edelenbos, Jasper Eshuis -- Complexity theory and evolutionary public administration : a sceptical afterword / Christopher Pollitt -- Towards an approach of evolutionary public management / Frank Boons [and others].