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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58882| Title: | Interest groups and wicked problems : the case of water policy |
| Other Titles: | Public Life in Malta III : papers on governance, politics and public affairs in the EU’s smallest member state |
| Authors: | Vella, Cleavon |
| Keywords: | Water-supply -- Government policy Water-supply -- Government policy -- Malta Water resources development -- Government policy Water resources development -- Government policy -- Malta Water conservation -- Government policy Water conservation -- Government policy -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Public Policy |
| Citation: | Vella, C. (2020). Interest groups and wicked problems : the case of water policy. In M. T. Vassallo & C. Tabone (Eds.), Public Life in Malta III : papers on governance, politics and public affairs in the EU’s smallest member state (pp. 241-270). Malta: University of Malta. Department of Public Policy. |
| Abstract: | This study investigates the influence that interest groups have on government, taking the wicked problem of water policy as a context, as it offers a unique platform to explore interest group influence. The notion concerning wicked problem has been pioneered by urban planners Rittel and Webber (1973: 160)1 who elucidated that ‘the kinds of problems that planners deal with – societal problems – are inherently different from the problems that scientists deal with, describing them as ‘inherently wicked’, including ‘nearly all public policy issues’. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58882 |
| ISBN: | 9789995717551 |
| Appears in Collections: | Public Life in Malta : papers on governance, politics and public affairs in the EU’s smallest member state : Vol. 3 |
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