{"product_id":"the-challenges-of-governance-in-a-complex-world-pos","title":"The Challenges of Governance in a Complex World","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSample Chapter(s)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/suppl\/10.1142\/10759\/suppl_file\/10759_foreword.pdf\"\u003eForeword (106 KB)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.worldscientific.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1142\/9789813231832_0001\"\u003eLecture I: Hunting Black Swans and Taming Black Elephants: Governance in a Complex World (535 KB)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Ho, former Head of the Singapore Civil Service, was the Institute of Policy Studies' 2016\/17 S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book collects the four IPS-Nathan Lectures that he delivered between April and May 2017, and gathers highlights of his dialogues with the audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHo surveys the increasingly complex world, and suggests what governments can do to prepare for the future — even as no one can predict it. He uses metaphors such as the \"black elephant\" and concepts like the \"dialectic of governance\" to explain how a systematic approach to thinking about the future can help countries in general — and Singapore in particular — build resilience and develop a comparative advantage in the face of uncertainty and rapid change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe IPS-Nathan Lectures series was launched in 2014 as part of the S R Nathan Fellowship for the Study of Singapore. Its primary goal is to promote public understanding and discourse of issues of critical national interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Ho\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the Senior Advisor to the Centre for Strategic Futures, a Senior Fellow in the Civil Service College, and a Visiting Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was the S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore at the Institute of Policy Studies for Academic Year 2016\/2017. He is also Chairman of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"World Scientific","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30252723077233,"sku":"9789813233744","price":28.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/The-Challenges-of-governance-in-a-complex-world-Peter-Ho-00.jpg?v=1569486468","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-challenges-of-governance-in-a-complex-world-pos","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}