01995cmm a2200289 4500 214798596 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 090825s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781849772389 electronic bk. 184977238X electronic bk. (OCoLC)433147128 N$T eng N$T N$T OCLCQ EBLCP GPM IDEBK OCLCQ MHW OCLCQ TxAuBib Ney, Steven. Resolving messy policy problems [electronic resource] : handling conflict in environmental, transport, health and ageing policy / Steven Ney. London : Earthscan, 2009. 1 online resource (xiv, 210 p.) : ill. Science in society series Includes bibliographical references and index. List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Understanding Policy Conflict; Chapter 3 Transport; Chapter 4 Ageing; Chapter 5 Health; Chapter 6 Conclusion -- Mess, Conflict and Pluralism; Index. Our lives increasingly take place in ever more complex and interconnected networks that blur the boundaries we have traditionally used to define our social and political spaces. Accordingly, the policy problems that governments are called upon to deal with have become less clear-cut and far messier. This is particularly the case with climate change, environmental policy, transport, health and ageing - all areas in which the tried-and-tested linear policy solutions are increasingly inadequate or failing. What makes messy policy problems particularly uncomfortable for policy makers is that scien. Policy sciences. Political planning Europe. Political science Public Policy General. Electronic books. Science in society series. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=273629 EBSCOhost