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Assessing the relevance of governmental characteristics to address wicked problems in turbulent times

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  • James S. Denford
  • Gregory S. Dawson
  • Kevin C. Desouza
  • Aroon P. Manoharan

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Governments have long faced traditional bureaucratic problems and developed a set of mechanisms to handle them, but few studies have examined the government’s underlying characteristics in addressing such problems. Wicked problems – those with unclear definitions, causal complexity and conflicting goals – are increasingly emerging and are frequently observed in highly turbulent environments – those where variables behave in unpredictable ways. We study the relevance of a range of governmental characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic and find that, while all government characteristics are sometimes relevant, no single characteristic is always relevant and so they are best treated as a portfolio.

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  • James S. Denford & Gregory S. Dawson & Kevin C. Desouza & Aroon P. Manoharan, 2024. "Assessing the relevance of governmental characteristics to address wicked problems in turbulent times," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(4), pages 927-948, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpxmxx:v:26:y:2024:i:4:p:927-948
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2022.2124535
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