{"product_id":"9783032280855","title":"Hybrid Intelligence for Effective Digital Governance AI in Administration","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePublic Administration and Information Technology\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eHybrid Intelligence for Effective Digital Governance\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAI in Administration\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHaris Alibašić\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Public Affairs \u0026amp; Administration\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"gmail-font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe algorithmic Leviathan has arrived. Artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming how governments operate, make decisions, and serve citizens, and there is no turning back. The question is no longer whether AI will reshape public administration, but whether that transformation will produce effective governance or institutional failure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"gmail-font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003eRecent federal automation initiatives and AI governance reforms lacked meaningful oversight, transparency, and accountability, most notably in the failed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The result was chaos rather than modernization. Meanwhile, nations such as Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Estonia, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark demonstrate that a different path is possible, one grounded in what this book refers to as hybrid intelligence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"gmail-font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003eHybrid intelligence offers a dynamic framework for AI governance that maintains accountability, transparency, and ethical safeguards while enabling the proper integration of algorithmic capabilities into public administration. Instead of choosing between unchecked automation and resistance to technological change, hybrid intelligence structures human judgment and machine processing as complementary forces, preventing societal harms while capturing the benefits AI can deliver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"gmail-font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003eDrawing on evidence from federal initiatives, state legislatures, and municipal implementations across more than fifty countries, this book reveals why some AI deployments succeed while others fail catastrophically, and what separates them. Offering practical guidance for policymakers, administrators, educators, and technology leaders, it charts a responsible course for effective governance in an algorithmic age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Haris Alibašić\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor and Whitman Faculty Fellow in the Department of Business Administration, Public Administration Program at the University of West Florida's Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business, where he teaches ethics, capstone, political economy, strategic management, leadership, resilience planning, public budgeting and finance, and public administration courses to doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students. He brings nearly three decades of professional and academic expertise spanning governance, strategic planning, artificial intelligence ethics, cybersecurity, and public policy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003eDr. Alibašić's international work includes NATO, the United Nations Mission, and the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he contributed to post-conflict governance reform and institutional capacity-building. In 2022, as a Fulbright Specialist through the U.S. \u003cspan class=\"lm\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;\"\u003eDepartment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e of State, he advised the Republic of Kosovo's Prime Minister and the Office of Strategic Planning on national development strategy, energy assessment, and governance frameworks. Before his academic career, he also served as the Legislative and Strategic Planning Director for the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, under three mayors and two city managers, and taught as a senior adjunct \u0026amp; visiting faculty at Davenport, Central Michigan, and Grand Valley State universities. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003eHis scholarship comprises more than 60 publications, including five books and over 35 peer-reviewed journal articles appearing in \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003ePublic Administration Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003eSustainable Development\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003eEnergy Research \u0026amp; Social Science\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003ePublic Integrity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003eGlobal Public Policy and Governance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003ePublic Money \u0026amp; Management\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;\"\u003eFinTech\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. His research focuses on hybrid intelligence, AI governance and ethics, organizational resilience, and sustainability in the public sector. He has been recognized as one of the top-ranked global researchers in sustainability and local government research. Dr. Alibašić holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from Walden University, where he received the doctoral scholarship for commitment to social change, and a Master's in Public Administration (MPA) and a Bachelor's in Business Administration (BBA) in international business and marketing from Grand Valley State University, where he received scholarships in international business and public administration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032280855\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e309\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47987660128396,"sku":"9783032280855","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032280855.jpg?v=1780595277","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032280855","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}