The limited transformational power of adaptive governance: a study of institutionalization and materialization of adaptive governance

Jasper Eshuis and Lasse Gerrits

Public Management Review, 2021, vol. 23, issue 2, 276-296

Abstract: Following the economic crisis in 2007–2008, many urban regeneration programmes were replaced with forms of adaptive governance (e.g. slow urbanism). This paper maps and analyses transformational effects of such adaptive governance initiatives through a case of neighbourhood restructuring. It studies whether adaptive governance institutionalizes – i.e. transforms the existing governance system – and whether it materializes in the built environment. It shows how the adaptive governance initiatives in this case failed to diffuse and endure, and, therefore, the transformational effect on both the existing governance system and the area has been limited. The reasons for this are discussed.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2019.1679232

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