Политико-административные способности государственного управления в условиях турбулентности и неопределенности

Abstract

The aim of the article is to identify the political-administrative governance capacities required for an adequate response to new challenges arising in conditions of turbulence and uncertainty. The article draws attention to the institutional component
of this problem. The understanding of turbulence as a condition that changes the priorities of the governance institutional design is substantiated. The role of institutional uncertainty has been highlighted, when the potential readiness to respond to the action of unknown endogenous and exogenous factors becomes an indispensable element of the institutional design of modern public administration. It has been established that the governance capacities in the new conditions can be structured through distinguishing adaptive, predictive, dynamic and mobilization varieties within the framework of the corresponding typology. The methodological basis of this typology is the model of robust governance. As affirmed by the article there is a revision of traditional criteria for the quality assessment in public administration within the framework of the robust governance model. Instead of efficiency adaptation becomes а new basic criterion that is achieved in conformity with the requirements of flexibility, consistency and coherence implemented in optimal timing strategy for development. In turn, achieving compliance with these requirements depends on the characteristics of governance institutional arrangements. However, political-administrative barriers as a consequence of dysfunctions of the existing institutions and administrative practices can increase endogenous uncertainty. This makes it much harder to adequately respond to external shocks and may at some point create new challenges. The article concludes that overcoming the identified barriers, introducing and strengthening all the mentioned political-administrative capacities of the robust governance will make state institutions more sustainable and resilient for future shocks.