The Governance of Infrastructure

by Wegrich, Kai; Kostka, Genia; Hammerschmid, Gerhard

• ISBN13: 9780191829369
• ISBN10: 0191829366
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2017-02-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

The Hertie School of Governance is an international teaching and research centre of excellence in Berlin, Germany that prepares students for leadership positions in government, business, and civil society. An internationally-recruited faculty, interdisciplinary in outlook, research, and teaching, offers analytically-challenging and practice-oriented courses on governance, policy analysis, management, and leadership and helps students grow intellectually in a professional, research-intensive environment, characterised by public debate and engagement. The School was founded in 2003 as a project of the Hertie Foundation, which remains its major partner.


Kai Wegrich is Professor of Public Management at the Hertie School of Governance.

Genia Kostka is Professor of Governance of Energy and Infrastructure at the Hertie School of Governance.

Gerhard Hammerschmid is Professor of Public and Financial Managemen at the Hertie School of Governance.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Kai Wegrich, Genia Kostka, and Gerhard Hammerschmid
Part I Theoretical Perspectives
2. Hirschman's Hiding Hand Principle in Infrastructure, Helmut Anheier
3. Infrastructure Governance as Political Choice, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Kai Wegrich
4. Accountability Challenges in Infrastructure Governance, Jacint Jordana
Part II Delivering Infrastructure Projects
5. Pioneer Risks in Large Infrastructure Projects in Germany, Niklas Anzinger and Genia Kostka
6. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Public Participation in Infrastructure Siting: Klickitat County, Washington's Wind Energy Overlay Zone, Hilary Boudet and Joseph Grandolfo
7. Risk Management for Megaprojects, Werner Rothengatter
8. Public-Private Partnership: a Framework for Private Sector Involvement in Public Infrastructure Projects, Carlos Oliveira Cruz and Nuno F. da Cruz
Part III Sector & Regional Challenges
9. Scale, Risk, and Construction Cost Overruns for Electricity Infrastructure: Governance and Policy Implications, Benjamin Sovacool, Autumn Proudlove, and Nathaniel Green
10. Infrastructure for Whom? Corruption Risks in Infrastructure Provision Across Europe, Mihaly Fazekas and Bence Toth
11. The Governance of Infrastructure in Multiparty Presidentialism, Marcus Andre Melo and Carlos Pereira
12. An Item Response Theory Approach to Measure Governments' Infrastructure Management Capacity, Matthias Haber