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Resettlement after prison for prisoners with substance abuse issues in Norway: a wicked problem?

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
Numerous studies have demonstrated that a considerable portion of prisoners in Norway are confronted with a complex life situation that necessitate comprehensive social services upon their release.
Bjørn Kjetil Larsen, Atle Ødegård
doaj   +1 more source

Churchill and Germany: A ‘Special’ Relationship

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract No other country defined the trajectory of Churchill's political career more than Germany, a country of which he had little direct knowledge but which he either sought to emulate, accommodate or oppose throughout his time in politics. This article traces Churchill's relationship with Germany from his entry into politics at the beginning of the
T. G. Otte
wiley   +1 more source

Wicked Problems: Flexible Characterizations and Visual Representations

open access: yesShe Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and Innovation
The term “wicked problem” is used to describe a wide range of challenges that defy definition or resolution. These descriptions often reference Rittel and Webber’s 1973 publication, repeatedly listing the ten properties they proposed.
Nathan Crilly
doaj   +1 more source

Institutions and Wicked Problems

open access: green, 2018
Gemma Carey, Fiona Buick, Eleanor Malbon
openalex   +2 more sources

Wicked Problems and Gnarly Results: Reflecting on Design and Evaluation Methods for Idiosyncratic Personal Information Management Tasks

open access: yes, 2007
This paper is a case study of an artifact design and evaluation process; it is a reflection on how right thinking about design methods may at times result in sub-optimal results.
Bernstein, Michael   +3 more
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The social life of money for children

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Abstract Inspired by Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money, this article proposes an analysis of entangled economic lives, that is, how meaning, structures and politics jointly shape the flow of monies within households. The past decades have marked a shift from “childrearing expenditures” to “parenting investments” that align with new visions of both ...
Nina Bandelj
wiley   +1 more source

Wicked problems and proportionality: Is the lesser of two evils the best we can do? [PDF]

open access: yesJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2021
Makhdoum A, Tam DY, Fremes SE.
europepmc   +1 more source

Futuros designers como agentes de mudança : exploração do ensino do design focado em inovação social e sustentabilidade [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
: This paper, part of a Ph.D. in Design research, focused on discussing the role of Design Education on training future designers to be actors of change.
Ferreira, Ana Margarida, Rocha, Hugo
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Sociology and The Complexity of What Is Missing

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What is ‘missed’ by sociological literature underpinned by assumptions of presence that a missing approach can rectify? I appropriate a metaphysics of presence and an alternative focus on what is missing as ontological foci to revisit complexity studies in sociology.
Konstantinos Poulis
wiley   +1 more source

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