Overcoming the tragedy of super wicked problems: constraining our future selves to ameliorate global climate change
Policy SciencesPublished 22 May 2012
Kelly Levin, Benjamin Cashore, Steven Bernstein, Graeme Auld
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Abstract
Wicked problems, Super wicked problems, Climate change, Policy analysis, Environmental governance, Path dependency,
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