Quantum Governance - by Fadi Farra & Christopher Pissarides (Hardcover)

About the Book

Old systems of governance are struggling to cope with the pressures placed on them by the accelerating development of modern society. There is a desperate need for change. Quantum Governance offers a new way of thinking about policy implementation and has profound ramifications for policymakers.

Book Synopsis

What does 'development' mean? How does 'progress' happen? What drives civilisational change, from the first urban settlements in Mesopotamia to the creation of the first green smart cities? From the first agricultural exploitations to the knowledge economy? How did we, as a human community, build the world as we know it and what will define the next steps of our journey on earth? Asking fundamental questions has long been out of fashion for individuals in general, let alone for policymakers. But, fundamental 'why' questions play with the boundaries and define them.

Crises offer a window of opportunity, a small time-bubble during which people are collectively drawn to understanding what went wrong, asking what is it that brought us here. If there ever was a time to initiate this long overdue process of asking and reflecting on the questions that matter, today, in the middle of an unprecedented crisis, is it. We call for the adoption of a citizen-centric networked approach to development that meaningfully incorporates individual needs and wellbeing while shifting the focus away from economic growth as the only relevant parameter.

About the Author

Fadi Farra, Founder and Managing Partner at Whiteshield and former adjunct lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Christopher Pissarides, Whiteshield Special Advisor & Director, School Professor of Economics & Political Science and Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, and Professor of European Studies at the University of Cyprus. In 2010, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, jointly with Peter A. Diamond and Dale Mortensen, for 'their analysis of markets with theory of search frictions'.

Whiteshield is a global public policy and strategy advisory firm renowned for their ability to respond to society's most significant challenges rapidly and incisively.