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This chapter formulates strategies to long-term problems by referring to policy design studies and wicked problem studies. Policy design research already has a series of suggestions for long-term problems, but it predominantly focuses on how to make policies consistent and efficient. This chapter draws on the discussion of stakeholder relations and their knowledge utilization by referring to wicked problem research. Simultaneously, it attempts to capture and reflect the advantages of current policy design theory to improve strategies for addressing wicked problems: to break down various characteristics of the problems and to find how and to what extent they are wicked. Finally, it explores clues for long-term policy design and emphasizes the possibility of gradual policy improvement to address long-term wicked problems.
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Okuda, H. (2023). Dealing with “Wickedness” in Long-Term Problem-Solving. In: Adachi, Y., Usami, M. (eds) Governance for a Sustainable Future. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4771-3_7
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