Prelims

Policy Capacity, Design and the Sustainable Development Goals

ISBN: 978-1-80455-687-0, eISBN: 978-1-80455-686-3

Publication date: 24 July 2024

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(2024), "Prelims", Lippi, A. and Tsekos, T.N. (Ed.) Policy Capacity, Design and the Sustainable Development Goals, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-x. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-686-320241026

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Policy Capacity, Design and the Sustainable Development Goals

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Policy Capacity, Design and the Sustainable Development Goals: Wicked Problems in Uncertain Environments

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Andrea Lippi

University of Florence, Italy

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Theodore N. Tsekos

University of the Peloponnese, Greece

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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List of Contributors

Inese Abolina University of Latvia, Latvia
Edoardo Amato University of Milan, Italy
Ilze Auliciema University of Latvia, Latvia
Daniela Bernaschi University of Florence, Italy
Paul Cisneros Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacioanles, Ecuador
Giulio Citroni University of Calabria, Italy
María Alejandra Costa University of Montreal, Canada
Alberto de la Peña Varona University of the Basque Country, Spain
Giovanni Esposito Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Maria Camilla Fraudatario IRPPS-CNR, Italy
Solange Hernandez Aix-Marseille Université, France
Aapo Hiilamo ITLA Children's Foundation, Finland
Michael Howlett Simon Fraser University, Canada
Javad Keypour Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Andrea Lippi University of Florence, Italy
Kate Macdonald University of Melbourne, Australia
Jaione Mondragón University of the Basque Country, Spain
Éric Montpetit University of Montreal, Canada
Cristhian Parrado Ecuador
Magdalena Potz Aix-Marseille Université, France
Iveta Reinholde University of Latvia, Latvia
Tiina Ristikari ITLA Children's Foundation, Finland
Kidjie Saguin University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ileana Daniela Serban Comillas Pontifical University, Spain
Sarah Serval Aix-Marseille Université, France
Christopher J. Smith Tampere University, Finland
Andrea Terlizzi University of Florence, Italy
Theodore N. Tsekos University of the Peloponnese, Greece
Petri Virtanen University of Canberra, Australia
Prelims
Chapter 1 Introduction: Governing Sustainable Development From Theory to Practice: Wicked Problems, Expected Capacities, and Design in Uncertain Environments
A Cases of Wickedness Among SDGs: The Wicked Nature of Sustainable Policymaking
Chapter 2 Framing Child Poverty in Finland as a “Wicked Problem”
Chapter 3 “Deep Rock Is More Stable Than Society”: The Siting of Repositories for High-Level Nuclear Waste in Italy, Germany, and France
Chapter 4 Gas Flaring Reduction in Iran: A Super-Wicked Policy Problem on the Way to Sustainability
Chapter 5 State Capacity and Wicked Problems: Examining the Agri-Environmental Topic Through Media Framing and the Legislative Agenda in Brazil
Chapter 6 Organizing Wicked Policy Fields: A Strategic Framework for Capacity-Building in Cross-Border Transport Megaprojects
Chapter 7 Wicked Nature of Sustainability Problems in Latvia
B Institutional Tools to Steer Wicked Policies in Sustainable Development
Chapter 8 Jurisdictional Approaches to Managing Wicked Problems: The Contribution of the PROAmazonia Program to Tackling Deforestation in Ecuador
Chapter 9 Old Institutions Dealing With the Challenge of Sustainability: Water Planning in Spanish Inter-Regional Basins as a Wicked Problem
Chapter 10 From Wicked Problems to the Wickedization of Solutions: The Case of the French Citizens Convention for Climate
Chapter 11 The Wicked Future of Cities: Localizing Sustainable Development in the Case of the Metropolitan City of Florence
Chapter 12 Wicked Problems and Policy Coherence in Global Britain: Lessons Learned From the UK Context on Achieving the SDGs
Chapter 13 Dealing With Policy Nexuses Through Policy Integration: Governance Strategies and the Policy Capacities Needed to Meet UN Sustainable Development Goals
Chapter 14 Conclusions: Taking Seriously Complexity, Wickedness, and Capacity for Sustainable Development Policymaking
Index