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wicked problems: a standalone construct

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social policy problems that lack a definitive formulation, stopping rule or right answer, unlike tame scientific problems.

In public policy, wicked problems refers to social policy problems that lack a definitive formulation, stopping rule or right answer, unlike tame scientific problems. This meaning comes from Rittel (1973) in Policy Sciences.[1]

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  1. Rittel, H. W. J., & Webber, M. M. (1973). Dilemmas in a general theory of planning. Policy Sciences, 4(2), 155-169. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01405730

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