{"product_id":"wicked-problems-in-public-policy-brian-w-head-9783030945794","title":"Wicked Problems in Public Policy: Understanding and Responding to Complex Challenges","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003eThere 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'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian W. Head\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030945790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030945794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.50d","brand":"Brian W. Head","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44073551036671,"sku":"9783030945794","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8430363-732b-438a-8929-d30eef94e2cd.jpg?v=1685448488","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wicked-problems-in-public-policy-brian-w-head-9783030945794","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}