On the nature of barriers to climate change adaptation

Regional Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2013, Volume and Issue: 13(5), P. 1119 - 1129

Published: March 2, 2013

Language: Английский

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Comparing apples and oranges: The dependent variable problem in comparing and evaluating climate change adaptation policies

Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2013, Volume and Issue: 23(6), P. 1476 - 1487

Published: Aug. 24, 2013

Language: Английский

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The lessons of failure: learning and blame avoidance in public policy-making

International Political Science Review, Journal Year: 2012, Volume and Issue: 33(5), P. 539 - 555

Published: Oct. 24, 2012

Recent studies by Hood have underscored the significance of desire decision-makers to avoid blame for poor policy initiatives, highlighting importance policy-making learning about how best failure. This article examines several different concepts failure in literature on subject, such as accidents, errors, mistakes, and anomalies, along with recent work McConnell his colleagues general types sources failures. The distinguishes between ‘thin’ (technical-strategic) ‘thick’ (political-experiential) links them McConnell’s three categories political, programme, process analysis points significant underappreciated roles played political problems need draw lessons these areas well more technically oriented programme-related ones if prospects success are be enhanced.

Language: Английский

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Patching vs Packaging in Policy Formulation: Assessing Policy Portfolio Design

Politics and Governance, Journal Year: 2013, Volume and Issue: 1(2), P. 170 - 182

Published: Oct. 14, 2013

Thinking about policy mixes is at the forefront of current research work in sciences and raises many significant questions with respect to tools instruments, processes formulation, evolution tool choices over time. Not least among these how assess potential for multiple achieve goals an efficient effective way. Previous conceptual on has highlighted evaluative criteria such as "consistency" (the ability reinforce rather than undermine each other pursuit individual goals), "coherence" (or co-exist a logical fashion), "congruence" instruments together uni-directional or mutually supportive fashion) important design principles measures optimality mixes. And previous empirical existing three are often lacking which have evolved time well those otherwise been consciously designed. This article revisits this early order more clearly reasons why sub-optimal consequences thinking formulation practices design.

Language: Английский

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What is policy failure? A primer to help navigate the maze

Public Policy and Administration, Journal Year: 2015, Volume and Issue: 30(3-4), P. 221 - 242

Published: Feb. 4, 2015

The discipline of public policy has struggled to come terms with how we may conceive ‘policy failure’. It tends assume either that failure is self-evident or it can be assessed by means examining the gap between government goals and outcomes. Often, there are multiple caveats seem too difficult address – particularly role perceptions, which in turn often dependent on whether not supported. This ground-breaking article builds refines existing literature. turns its head methodological challenges surrounding what constitutes (such as competing variance over time) suggests such seemingly impenetrable actually help illuminate our understanding. In doing so, argues once studying ‘art craft’, better placed navigate messy realpolitik types degrees failure, well ambiguities tensions them. groundwork for so based a working definition namely fails, even if successful some minimal respects, does fundamentally achieve proponents set out achieve, opposition great and/or support virtually non-existent.

Language: Английский

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A small wins framework to overcome the evaluation paradox of governing wicked problems

Policy and Society, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 38(2), P. 298 - 314

Published: Aug. 2, 2018

Abstract The evaluation of policy strategies to tackle wicked problems inevitably involves a paradox trying judge solutions for that have no and which additional efforts might increase the chances finding better responses. This paper analyzes how concept small wins can contribute evaluating progress in problem areas way energizes variety stakeholders instead paralyzing them embraces complexity reverting taming overestimation. It presents framework is rooted underlying perspective making through accumulating wins. comprises three steps: 1) identifying valuing wins; 2) analyzing whether right propelling mechanisms are activated so as accumulate into transformative change; 3) organizing results feed back process activate new will clash with unrealistic expectations addressing rapidly, radically comprehensively.

Language: Английский

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Understanding the transfer of policy failure: bricolage, experimentalism and translation

Policy & Politics, Journal Year: 2016, Volume and Issue: 45(1), P. 55 - 70

Published: Sept. 29, 2016

This article re-assesses the literature on policy transfer and diffusion in light of what constitutes failure or limited success. First, it looks at imperfect, incomplete uninformed processes. Second, addresses concept ‘negative lesson-drawing’ as well role interlocutors who complicate Third, idea ‘transfer’ a neat linear transmission an intact approach is criticised by drawing attention to hybridity, synthesis, adaptation ‘localisation’. Finally, ‘translation’ better conceptual framework for comprehending learning innovations that come with trial error inherent policymaking.

Language: Английский

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A critical assessment of the wicked problem concept: relevance and usefulness for policy science and practice

Policy and Society, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 38(2), P. 167 - 179

Published: April 3, 2019

Abstract The concept of wicked problems has served as an inspiration for research in a variety fields but also contributed to conceptual confusion through the various ways which it been defined and used. In this special issue, number ontological, theoretical methodological issues are discussed. First, while its use buzzword undermined precise definition, recent work goes beyond versus tame dichotomy conceptualizes wickedness matter degree, differentiates between dimensions emphasizes relational character problem definitions. Second, new existing governance approaches have often unproblematically proposed solve problems, only imperfect solutions, partial solutions or small wins achievable practice. Third, had little direct impact on policy theories, some argue that analysis should be mainstreamed public thinking, others propose reject rely theories. Fourth, used practice, tend provoke either paralysis overestimation what can do about problems. Possible forward include (1) leaving behind; (2) using literature knowledge base understand when why fail; (3) developing (i.e. conflict, complexity uncertainty) into more analytically tools linking them with closely contemporary science developments.

Language: Английский

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Studying local climate adaptation: A heuristic research framework for comparative policy analysis

Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2015, Volume and Issue: 31, P. 110 - 120

Published: Jan. 28, 2015

Language: Английский

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Why are policy innovations rare and so often negative? Blame avoidance and problem denial in climate change policy-making

Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2014, Volume and Issue: 29, P. 395 - 403

Published: Feb. 8, 2014

Language: Английский

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