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Government and the Planning Process: An Analysis and Appraisal of Government Decision-Making Processes with Special Reference to the Launching of New Towns and Town Development Schemes book cover

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Government and the Planning Process An Analysis and Appraisal of Government Decision-Making Processes with Special Reference to the Launching of New Towns and Town Development Schemes

By P. H. Levin Copyright 1976
338 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1976 this original work gives insight into the nature of government planning and decision-making processes. It shows that planning is not simply a process of surmounting administrative hurdles, obtaining and treating information, but also a process of becoming committed to a specific course of action. The author examines the commitment-generating propensities of... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Concepts 3. Commitment-Generating ‘Strategies’ 4. The Inception Stage 5. The Draft Planning Stage 6. The Formalisation Stage 7. The Central Lancashire New Town: An Outline History 8. The Central Lancashire New Town: The Rationale of Decisions 9. The Swindon Expansion Scheme: An Outline History 10. The Swindon Expansion Scheme: The Rationale of Decisions 11. Criteria for Appraisal 12. Planning Frameworks Appraised 13. Considerations in the Design of Planning Frameworks 14. Planning Frameworks Redesigned: Some Recommendations 15. Towards Responsive Planning.

Biography

P. H. Levin was Lecturer in Social Administration at the LSE. 

Original Reviews of Government and the Planning Process:

‘Peter Levin's book can be recommended to anyone with an interest in the planning process.’ Jonathan Rosenhead, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol 29, Issue 5 (1979)

‘Peter Levin’s book…lives up to its title by raising some important general questions of public administration in a democratic society…I commend his book to all those who are trouble about the future of planning and of democratic processes in the years ahead.’ J. K. Friend, Environment and Planning A, Vol 8 Issue 7 (1976).

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