1st Edition
Policymaking, Communication, and Social Learning
Edited By Geoffrey Vickers
Copyright 1987
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
492 Pages
by
Routledge
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Policymaking, Communication, and Social Learning presents Sir Geoffrey Vickers's seminal essays on policymaking and related issues facing modern Western culture. These essays, many of them published here for the first time, illustrate the range of Sir Geoffrey's thought, and also articulate certain recurrent themes. He portrays a unique view of policymaking, building on his notion of... Read more
Foreword, by Sir Geoffrey Vickers Preface Introduction Part I. Policymaking and Appreciation 1. The Psychology of Policymaking and Social Change 2. Evolving Priorities 3. Norms and Meanings 4. Reflective Consciousness 5. The Tacit Norm Part II. Communication and Ethics 6. Communication and Ethical Judgment 7. Communication and Appreciation 8. Changing Patterns of Communication 9. The Ecology of Culture 10. The Ecology of Ethics Part III. Social Learning and the Professions 11. The Changing Nature of the Professions 12. Practice and Research in Managing Human Systems 13. Educational Criteria for Times of Change 14. Education for Systems Thinking
Biography
Sir Geoffrey Vickers, edited by Guy B. Adams, John Forester, Bayard L. Catron
