Are wicked problems really so wicked? Perceptions of policy problems

The concept of wicked problems has become widely used in policy analysis. The popularity of the concept has led to its overuse, and has produced significant conceptual stretching. This paper investigates the extent to which this stretching has led to the application of the concept to issues which ar...

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Main Authors: B. Guy Peters, Matthew Tarpey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2019-04-01
Series:Policy & Society
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2019.1626595