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Projectification of Organizations, Governance and Societies

Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Implications

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Editors:
  1. Mats Fred

    1. Department of Political Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

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  2. Sebastian Godenhjelm

    1. Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  • Examines what the development of projectification means for organizations and societies around the world
  • Offers a multifaceted approach to the study of projectification
  • Throws important new light on this important yet understudied subject

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introducing Projectification Research

    • Mats Fred, Sebastian Godenhjelm
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Philosophical History of Projectification: The Project Society

    • Anders Fogh Jensen
    Pages 17-37

  4. The Trojan Horse of Local Government

    • Mats Fred
    Pages 39-55

  5. Entering the World of Project Making: Mobilizing Assemblage Thinking to Unpack Projects as Political Constructions

    • David Scott
    Pages 57-73

  6. What Makes It Tick? On the Projectification of the Labour Market in Sweden

    • Malin Mc Glinn
    Pages 75-91

  7. The Janus Face of Participatory Projects

    • Kanerva Kuokkanen
    Pages 93-110

  8. HRM and Projectification: Moving Beyond the ‘Project-Based Organization’ Concept

    • Karin Bredin
    Pages 111-130

  9. The Road to Isolation of Public Health Policy Projects: Consequences of Demarcating the Project by Its Task, Time, Team and Transition

    • Erik Söderberg
    Pages 131-146

  10. Interfaces in Project-Based Innovation Governance: Can Hackathons Hack into Policy Processes?

    • Peeter Vihma
    Pages 147-165

  11. Stepping on the Throttle While Hitting the Brakes: Project Organisations and Governance

    • Sebastian Godenhjelm
    Pages 167-185

  12. Projects as Vessels for Institutional Change: From Appealing Promises to Some Pressing Concerns

    • Johan Munck af Rosenschöld
    Pages 187-201

  13. Explaining Project-Based Policy Implementation: Multiple Governance Framework and Causal Mechanisms

    • Isak Vento
    Pages 203-220

  14. Where Do We Go from Here?

    • Sebastian Godenhjelm, Mats Fred
    Pages 221-228

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 229-234
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About this book

This book is about projectification – a concept that captures the increasing reliance on “the project” in contemporary societies, governance and economies. Despite its significance, this development and transformation, not only of public and private organizations but also our working environment and way of living, has received little scholarly attention compared to other major societal movements. Since its conceptualization in 1995 the phenomena of projectification has grown in scope, and researchers beyond management and organization studies have argued for and applied a broader and critical perspective to what projects are and how we are to understand the term. This volume gathers researchers who critically examine the function and effects of “the project”, and analyzes the logic, politics, discursive practices and contexts of projectification. The book consolidates this research field by illustrating theoretical perspectives on, and empirical implications of, projectification.It also highlights the need for more research, and provides encouragements for other disciplines to scrutinize this phenomenon from other perspectives.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Mats Fred

  • Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Sebastian Godenhjelm

About the editors

Mats Fred is Associate Senior Lecturer in Public Administration at the Department of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden

Sebastian Godenhjelm is University Lecturer in Political Science and Public Management at the Swedish School of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Projectification of Organizations, Governance and Societies

  • Book Subtitle: Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Implications

  • Editors: Mats Fred, Sebastian Godenhjelm

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30411-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30410-1Published: 01 July 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30413-2Due: 01 August 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30411-8Published: 30 June 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 234

  • Topics: Public Policy, Governance and Government, Industries

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