Titlebook: Wicked Problems in Public Policy; Understanding and Re Brian W. Head Book‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ 2022 The Author(s) 2022 wicked problems.Black Swans.publi

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Managing Environmental and Sustainability Challengesed with policies to mitigate industrial pollution, slow the rapid depletion of scarce natural resources and protect biodiversity and ecological systems. The precautionary principle has been invoked to seek thorough assessment of environmental risks before approving economic development projects and

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Policy Innovation in Turbulent Timesplores the felt need for greater innovation in tackling social, economic, technological and bio-health issues. Improved knowledge and understanding are required not only to appreciate and foster innovations, but also to identify appropriate ways to regulate new technologies. The chapter considers re

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Debates in Public Policy—Problem Framing, Knowledge and Interests their judgements about threats, rewards and opportunities. Leaders typically offer simplified and persuasive narratives about problems and solutions, in order to attract wide support for their preferred approach. Evidence and expertise are mobilised selectively by policy actors to influence the per

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Complexity, Crises and Coping Strategiesormal’ life, but most responses do not explicitly tackle the complex underlying causes that generate the crises. Finally, it is suggested that the governance of wicked problems is less about designing elegant science-based solutions and more about implementing ‘coping’ strategies, which manage uncer

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Managing Environmental and Sustainability Challengesents, in conjunction with international agreements that encourage collective action. The toolkit of policy instruments has expanded, including regulatory standards and market-based incentives. The role of scientific expertise in providing policy advice on environmental issues has been vital, but con

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Improving Social Well-Being and Social Equityn as unacceptable features of advanced societies. But many programs have remained controversial. Thus, the key dimensions of wicked problems—complexity, disagreement and uncertainty—have permeated social policy debates. The chapter includes a brief discussion of two case studies of wicked problems i

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Book‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ 2022s. This book uses examples from a wide rangeof social, economic and environmental fields in order to develop new insights about better solutions, and thus gain broad stakeholder acceptance for shared strategies for tackling ‘wicked problems’..