This editorial discusses collaboration in policy-making, focusing on actor perspectives on wicked problems, suggesting new insights for integrated governance.
Key Points
The research addresses how shared perspectives develop in diverse actor groups to tackle wicked problems in policy-making.
Utilized a decentred methodology to explore micro-politics of collaborative governance
Examined interactions among different actors in policy definition and implementation
Analyzed existing literature on collaborative governance and wicked problems
Identified that varying actor perspectives complicate joint problem definitions and policy responses
Proposed that collaboration may not always lead to shared understanding among actors
Suggested that the reification of problems in networks obscures conflicting actor perspectives