Wicked Problems in Public Policy : Understanding and Responding to Complex Challenges.

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Main Author: Head, Brian W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022.
Edition:1st ed.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Debates in Public Policy-Problem Framing, Knowledge and Interests -- Introduction to Problem Framing -- Simple and Complex Problems -- Knowledge and Expertise for Policy Improvement -- Concluding Comments -- 2 The Rise of 'Wicked Problems'-Uncertainty, Complexity and Divergence -- Introduction -- Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning -- The Diffusion of the Concept -- Linking Problem Types and Policy Responses -- Arguments for a Sliding Scale-Degrees of Intractability -- 3 Political Governance of Wicked Problems -- Introduction -- Governmental Responses to Wicked Problems-Seven Strategies -- Avoidance, Denial and Minimal Responsibility -- Coercive Controls -- Compartmentalised Micro-Management -- Technocratic Problem-Solving -- Incremental and Pragmatic Adjustment -- Stakeholder Collaboration -- Coping and Prevention Policies -- 4 Complexity, Crises and Coping Strategies -- Introduction -- Complexity Analysis for Public Policy -- Types of Crises Shaping Wicked Problems -- Strategic Risk Management-The Example of COVID-19 -- Prevention, Coping and Adaptive Strategies -- Conclusions: Coping with Complexity -- 5 Managing Environmental and Sustainability Challenges -- Introduction -- Integrated Policy Planning or Pluralist Innovation? -- Science and the Construction of Environmental Policy Issues -- Managing Risks-Precaution, Resilience and Environmental Standards -- Wicked Dimensions of Environmental Policymaking -- Climate Change as a Wicked Policy Arena -- Using Collaborative Approaches for Environment Policy -- 6 Improving Social Well-Being and Social Equity -- Introduction -- Contested Framings of Inequality -- Homelessness as a Wicked Problem -- Drugs Policy as a Wicked Problem -- Concluding Comment: Knowledge for Tackling Wicked Problems -- 7 Policy Innovation in Turbulent Times. 
505 8 |a Introduction: Competing Sources of Policy Knowledge -- Innovation, Experimentation and Policy Transitions -- Regulating Innovation-The Digital Economy and Biotechnologies -- Partisanship and Populism in Public Policy -- References -- Index. 
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