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1. Introduction : Governance innovation, administrative capacities, and policy instruments - Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich Part I: Administrative Capacities -- 1. Delivery capacity - Peter Hupe, Michael Hill -- 2. Coordination capacity - Kai Wegrich, Vid Štimac -- 4. Regulatory capacity - Martin Lodge -- 5. Analytical capacity - Salvador Parrado -- 6. Management capacity and performance in European public administrations - Gerhard Hammerschmid, Vid Štimac, Kai Wegrich -- Part II: Challenges and Capacities in Key Policy Areas -- 7. Demographic change and welfare state restructuring - Michaela Kreyenfeld, Anika Rasner -- 8. Sustainability : innovations through sector integration and new instruments - Andrea Lenschow -- 9.Governance dilemmas of the contemporary state: the politics of infrastructure policy - Jacint Jordana Part III: Capacities and Innovations beyond the State -- 10. Wicked problems, clumsy solutions, and messy institutions in transnational governance - Marco Verweij -- 11. Capacity and constraint : governance through international and transnational law - Nico Krisch -- 12. Administrative capacities in the EU : consequences of multi-level policy-making - Eva G. Heidbreder -- 13. Collaborative innovation and governance capacity - Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing -- 14. Capacity, innovation, and their interaction in multi-stakeholder sustainability initiatives - Kira Matus -- 15. Conclusion : Problem-solving capacity and the modern state - Martin Lodge, Kai Wegrich.

Moves toward a cross-sectoral perspective that takes into account the cumulative nature of the contemporary challenge to governance focusing on the key governance areas of infrastructure, sustainability, social welfare, and social integration; second, by considering innovations that have sought to add problem-solving capacity; and third, by exploring the kind of administrative capacities (delivery, regulatory, coordination, and analytical) required to encourage and sustain innovative problem-solving.--Provided by publisher