Beyond Wickedness: Managing Complex Systems and Climate Change

IF 2.4 3区 社会学 Q1 LAW
J. Gilligan, M. Vandenbergh
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Abstract

This Article examines the argument that climate change is a “super-wicked” problem. It concludes that the wicked problem concept is best viewed as a rhetorical device that served a valuable function in arguing against technocratic hubris in the early 1970s but is unhelpful and possibly counterproductive as a tool for modern climate policy analysis. Richard Lazarus improved on this analysis by emphasizing the urgency of a climate response in his characterization of the climate problem as “super-wicked.” We suggest another approach based on Charles Lindblom’s “science of muddling through.” The muddling through approach supports the rhetorical points for which the original wicked problem concept was introduced and provides greater practical guidance for developing new laws and policies to address climate change and other complex and messy environmental problems.
超越邪恶:管理复杂系统和气候变化
这篇文章考察了气候变化是一个“超级邪恶”问题的论点。它的结论是,邪恶问题的概念最好被视为一种修辞手段,在反对20世纪70年代早期技术官僚的傲慢方面发挥了重要作用,但作为现代气候政策分析的工具,它毫无帮助,甚至可能适得其反。理查德·拉扎勒斯(Richard Lazarus)在将气候问题描述为“超级邪恶”时,强调了应对气候变化的紧迫性,从而改进了这一分析。我们建议另一种方法,基于查尔斯·林德布洛姆的“混过去的科学”。蒙混过去的方法支持了最初邪恶问题概念的修辞要点,并为制定新的法律和政策来解决气候变化和其他复杂而混乱的环境问题提供了更大的实践指导。
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