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Schön, Donald A. 1979. Generative metaphor: A perspective on problem-setting in social policy. In Ortony, Andrew, ed. Metaphor and thought. Cambridge University Press. pp. 254–283.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

metaphor | problem solving | social policy

Annotation

S. argues that social policy is not in the first place a problem-solving enterprise, but that problem-setting is more fundamental and that problem-setting stories are generated by means of metaphors.