COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE IN PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Collaborative governance is an approach that involves various stakeholders in the process of making and implementing public policy, especially in addressing complex and dynamic problems such as public policy. This article aims to review the literature that discusses collaborative governance in the context of public policy. The method used is a systematic literature review, identifying, selecting, evaluating, and synthesizing relevant literature to the research question. This article uses the Scopus database as a source of literature search, using the keyword “collaborative governance.” The search results show that 245 articles meet the inclusion criteria. The articles were then critically analyzed to determine the main concepts, methodologies, findings, and implications of collaborative governance in public policy. This article finds that collaborative governance can improve participation, coordination, communication, accountability, and adaptability in public policy but also faces challenges such as leadership style, organizational capacity, results-based policy development, and shared learning. This article also provides recommendations for future research on collaborative governance in public policy. The implications are broader than collaborative governance, which serves as a model for improving public policy in general and can be replicated across other areas by producing more results toward mapping the concept of collaborative governance.

Keywords: collaborative governance, public policy, systematic literature review