Strengthening political leadership and policy innovation through the expansion of collaborative forms of governance
本文探讨如何通过合作治理增强政治领导力和政策创新，发现政治家在应对棘手问题时往往被排斥在政策网络之外，沦为被动的政策接受者，而合作政策创新可提供解决方案。
This article explores how political leadership and policy innovation can be enhanced through collaborative governance. The main findings are that while wicked and unruly problems create an urgent need for policy innovation, politicians are badly positioned to initiate, drive and lead this innovation. They are either locked into a dependency on policy advice from senior civil servants or locked out of more inclusive policy networks. In either case, they are insulated from fresh ideas and ultimately reduced to ‘policy-takers’ with limited engagement in policy innovation. Collaborative policy innovation offers a solution to these limitations.