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Wicked Problems in Public Policy

Understanding and Responding to Complex Challenges

By: Brian W. Head

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Wicked Problems in Public Policy

Understanding and Responding to Complex Challenges

By: Brian W. Head

This is an open access book. This book offers the first overview of the 'wicked problems' literature, often seen as complex, open-ended, and intractable, with both the nature of the 'problem' and the preferred 'solution' being strongly contested. It contextualises the debate using a wide range of relevant policy examples, explaining why these issues attract so much attention. There is an increasing interest in the conceptual and practical aspects of how 'wicked problems' are identified, understood and managed by policy practitioners. The standard public management responses to complexity and uncertainty (including traditional regulation and market-based solutions) are insufficient. Leaders often advocate and implement ideological 'quick fixes', but integrative and inclusive responses are increasingly being utilised to recognise the multiple interests and complex causes of these problems. This book uses examples from a wide range of 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'.

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180

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Springer Nature

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3030945804

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9783030945800

Reconsidering Policy

Complexity, Governance and the State

By: Crowley, Kate,Stewart, Jenny,Adrian Kay,Brian W. Head

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Reconsidering Policy

Complexity, Governance and the State

By: Crowley, Kate,Stewart, Jenny,Adrian Kay,Brian W. Head

For nation-states, the contexts for developing and implementing policy have become more complex and demanding. Yet policy studies have not fully responded to the challenges and opportunities represented by these developments. Governance literature has drawn attention to a globalising and network-based policy world, but politics and the role of the state have been de-emphasised. This book addresses this imbalance by reconsidering traditional policy-analytic concepts, and re-developing and extending new ones, in a melded approach defined as systemic institutionalism. This links policy with governance and the state and suggests how real-world issues might be substantively addressed.

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256

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Policy Press

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1447333160

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9781447333166

Politics and Philosophy in the Thought of Destutt de Tracy

By: Brian W. Head

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Politics and Philosophy in the Thought of Destutt de Tracy

By: Brian W. Head

First published in 1987. This study describes and analyses the published writings of the French philosopher Antoine Destutt de Tracy. The author focuses on the three decades from the calling of the Etats-généraux to the early years of the Restoration – the period of Tracy’s entire literary production, and the period of his greatest influence and reputation. This title will be of great interest to students of history, philosophy and politics.

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364

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Routledge

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1000706486

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9781000706482

The New Public Speaker

By: George R. Rodman,Ronald Brian Adler

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The New Public Speaker

By: George R. Rodman,Ronald Brian Adler

An exciting new entry intended for public speaking courses, this text by the well-respected author team of George Rodman and Ronald Adler presents balanced coverage of public speaking theory and skill.

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494

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Cengage Learning

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0155027085

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9780155027084

Beyond the Protective State

By: Ann Capling,Brian Galligan

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Beyond the Protective State

By: Ann Capling,Brian Galligan

An historical and theoretical account of the transition from protectionism to alternative policies in the Australian manufacturing industry.

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CUP Archive

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0521426294

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9780521426299

Book's by Brian W. Head

Wicked Problems in Public Policy

Wicked Problems in Public Policy

Reconsidering Policy

Reconsidering Policy

Politics and Philosophy in the Thought of Destutt de Tracy

Politics and Philosophy in the Thought of Destutt de Tracy

The New Public Speaker

The New Public Speaker

Beyond the Protective State

Beyond the Protective State

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