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Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 13:193-212 (2003)
© 2003 Public Management Research Association

Dealing with Wicked Problems in Networks: Analyzing an Environmental Debate from a Network Perspective

Ellen M. van Bueren, Erik-Hans Klijn and Joop F. M. Koppenjan

Delft University of Technology
Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Delft University of Technology

Policy makers in today's network society are increasingly confronted with complex and wicked policy problems that require collective action. This article analyzes such a collective action problem from a policy network perspective. By explaining impasses and breakthroughs in decision-making processes from a cognitive, a social, and an institutional point of view, the network perspective offers explanations for the presence and absence of collective action.


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