Wicked Problems in Public Policy
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101 * This paper is a revised version of a presentation to the Australian Public Policy Network conference, 29–30 January 2008. The author thanks many colleagues who have helped in the further clarification of these ideas, including John Alford, Alan Fenna, Patrick Weller, Andrew Podger, and the anonymous referees for this journal — none of whom bears any responsibility for errors. © 2008 Curtin University of Technology ISSN 1833-2110 Brian W Head * The University of Queensland
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