Kötü Huylu Problemlerle Mücadele Stratejileri: Problem Odaklı ve Durumsalcı Bir Perspektif

Belirsiz, karmaşık, çözüme karşı dirençli ve sınırları aşan özelliklere sahip “kötü huylu problemler” kavramı, kamu yönetimi ve kamu politikası araştırmalarında giderek daha fazla dikkat çekmektedir. Bu araştırmaların çoğunda, işbirliği ve ağ yaklaşımı, hükümet birimleri ve kurumları arasındaki koordinasyon veya farklı liderlik tarzları, kötü huylu problemlerle mücadele etmek için her derde deva temel stratejiler olarak sunulmaktadır. Çalışmada, bu temel stratejilerin hiçbirinin her koşulda kötü problemlerle başa çıkmak için daha uygun olmadığı savunulmaktadır. Bu iddia doğrultusunda çalışmada, hangi koşullar altında, hangi tür stratejiler hangi kötü problem türleri için daha uygundur? Başlıca stratejilerin başarılı bir şekilde uygulanmasında sınırlayıcı veya zorlaştırıcı faktörler nelerdir? gibi sorulara cevap verilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu kapsamda, literatürdeki pratik ve teorik çalışmalara ve ilgili tartışmalara odaklanarak, kötü huylu problemlerin doğası ve onlarla mücadele stratejileri üzerine probleme odaklı ve durumsalcı bir perspektiften bazı temel argümanlar geliştirilmiştir.

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kötü huylu problemler, mücadele stratejileri, kamu yönetimi, kamu politikası, durumsalcı perspektif

Strategies to Tackle with Wicked Problems: A Problem Oriented and Contingency Perspective

The concept of “wicked problems”-those that uncertain, complex, relentless and crosscutting- has attracted increasing attention in public management and public policy research. In mostof this research collaborative approaches and leadership styles, coordination between government units and institutions are presented as basic panacea strategies to tackling wicked problems. The paper argues that none of the major strategies are suitable for tackling wicked problems in all circumstances. It aims to search for answers to the following questions: Under what conditions, which types of strategies are more suitable for which types of wicked problem or with which distinctive features? What are the limiting or coercive factors in the successful implementation of the major strategies? In this context, some basic arguments have been developed from a problemoriented and contingency perspective on the nature of wicked problems and strategies to tackling them by focusing on practical and theoretical studies and related discussions in the literature.

Keywords:

Wicked Problems, Tackling Strategies , Public Administration, Public Policy, , Contingency Perspective.,

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