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Tackling the Wicked Issues

Tackling the Wicked Issues © Public Policy and Administration SAGE Publications Ltd Los Angeles, London, New Delhi and Singapore 0952-0767 200710 22(4) 475–478 Sir John Elvidge Permanent Secretary, Scottish Executive The key challenges facing the Scottish Executive, as we enter the third period of devolved government in Scotland, are the key challenges facing Scottish society. Is this a statement of the obvious? It seems so to me; but I am sometimes bemused by debates about public policy which assume that issues related to the characteris- tics of the public sector have a significance in their own right, which can be divorced from the question of whether the potential of the public sector to support improvement in the quality of the life of the people of Scotland is being fully realized. This article is therefore about the nature of the additional public value that I believe we shall be seeking to create over coming years and the relevance of that purpose to the way in which the public sector operates, including the relation- ship of public policy practitioners to the wider social science community. My starting point is the proposition that the post-devolution period in Scotland has been one of demonstrable success in the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Policy and Administration SAGE

Tackling the Wicked Issues

Elvidge, John
Public Policy and Administration , Volume 22 (4): 4 – Oct 1, 2007
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© Public Policy and Administration SAGE Publications Ltd Los Angeles, London, New Delhi and Singapore 0952-0767 200710 22(4) 475–478 Sir John Elvidge Permanent Secretary, Scottish Executive The key challenges facing the Scottish Executive, as we enter the third period of devolved government in Scotland, are the key challenges facing Scottish society. Is this a statement of the obvious? It seems so to me; but I am sometimes bemused by debates about public policy which assume that issues related to the characteris- tics of the public sector have a significance in their own right, which can be divorced from the question of whether the potential of the public sector to support improvement in the quality of the life of the people of Scotland is being fully realized. This article is therefore about the nature of the additional public value that I believe we shall be seeking to create over coming years and the relevance of that purpose to the way in which the public sector operates, including the relation- ship of public policy practitioners to the wider social science community. My starting point is the proposition that the post-devolution period in Scotland has been one of demonstrable success in the

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