Policy Resistance: Rebound Effect and Other Fixes that Fail

Christoph E. Mandl ()
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Christoph E. Mandl: University of Vienna

Chapter Chapter 15 in Managing Complexity in Social Systems, 2023, pp 153-163 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Why do some problems persist in spite of continuous efforts to solve them? Donella MeadowsMeadows, Donella named this phenomenon policy resistance. Peter Senge thenSenge, P. called it fixes that failFixes that fail. However, because policyPolicy resistance is so pervasive the same phenomenon was and is studied in far apart domains like traffic, energy, finance, and others. Therefore, thisSystems archetype systems archetypeArchetype has different names depending on the context. What they have in common is the tendency for policies to be delayed, diluted, or defeated by the response of the system to the intervention itself. What makes policy resistance particularly wicked is the inherent conflictConflict between short-term and long-term consequences of any policyPolicy. What seems to be a good decision short-term has undesirable consequences long-term.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30222-0_15

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