COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE AND WICKED PROBLEMS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Author(s): Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Calabar . John I. Otalor; Dr. Alfred J M Edema
Abstract
Contemporary societies and policy actors confront myriads of intractable and open-ended problems that tend to defy suggested solutions especially as the proffered solutions often appear to be worse than the symptoms. These seemingly unpredictable and difficult challenges are what scholars have christened “wicked problems”. Combining a review of extant literature with personal experience, the researcher posits that governance deficit and corruption are twin problems that define governance in Nigeria. Corruption and deficit governance are wicked problems hampering development management in the country. This study argues that government policy executors and other stakeholders must collaborate and confront these wicked problems frontally to change the ugly narratives of developmental deficit in Nigeria.
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