Problem solving and institutional design

TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative cross-case analysis of six watershed programs is presented to examine how collaboration is used to enhance governance of networks where problem-solving capacity is widely dispersed and few organizations accomplish their missions by acting alone.

TL;DR: The concept of "wicked problems" is a major current in the fields of policy analysis and planning as mentioned in this paper, however, the basis of the concept has been insufficiently examined.

TL;DR: The authors argue that Pragmatism provides a "third way" between rational and structural approaches and represents a living school of organization theory in i.e., it is well suited to understand the contemporary challenges of change and complexity especially as they play out across multiple levels of analysis.

TL;DR: It is argued that Pragmatism provides a “third way” between rational and structural approaches and represents a living school of organization theory in organization theory.

TL;DR: Baumgartner and Jones as mentioned in this paper extended their work to illuminate the workings of democracies beyond the United States and pointed out that short-term, single-issue analysis cast public policy too narrowly as the result of cozy and dependable arrangements among politicians, interest groups, and the media.

TL;DR: In The Public and Its Problems, a classic of social and political philosophy, John Dewey exhibits his strong faith in the potential of human intelligence to solve the public's problems as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In the context of social science analysis, many of these approaches are dominated by utilitarian or functional approaches in which institutional structures are assumed to adapt in an optimal fashion to changing environmental conditions.