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Clarke, C. and Kassim, H. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7603-8377
(2012)
Introducing the 'Too Difficult Box'.
The Political Quarterly, 83 (2).
pp. 299-302.
ISSN 0032-3179
Abstract
Although governments intervene extensively across an ever-increasing range of activities, there are some problems that they are loath to address. These issues vary in size, scale and complexity. Some are local; others are national. A number are international or global. The impediments to action also differ. They may be technical, institutional or political. In some cases, there is no agreement even that a problem exists. In a few, by contrast, expert consensus on diagnosis and prescription may have been long-standing, even if yet to issue in concrete measures. What these issues share, however, is that their successful resolution would bring significant benefits to society, but that for whatever reason governments consider them too problematic to tackle. Hence they are consigned to the ‘too difficult box’. Where this happens the system of democracy is itself likely to be weakened. This article discusses these issues and introduces contemporary instances.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | the 'too difficult box',democracy,government,politics |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2013 01:17 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2023 09:34 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/43527 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2012.02307.x |
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