1st Edition
The National Planning Idea In U.s. Public Policy Five Alternative Approaches
By David E Wilson
Copyright 1980
359 Pages
by
Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
359 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the eventful but largely forgotten history of national planning efforts in the United States, first identifying and comparing five alternative approaches to contemporary national planning, then using these approaches to assess the events of 1973-1976, a period when crisis pressures brought a vigorous resurgence of national planning activity and debate. Dr. Wilson concludes that... Read more
Preface -- "National Planning?" -- Analytical Approach -- Prologue: Past American National Planning Efforts and Ideas -- American National Planning Efforts and Ideas in Retrospect, 1900-1972 -- Related Planning Trends in the 1970s -- Analytical Framework: Five Approaches to National Planning -- The Framework Applied: The Growth and Resource National Planning Debates, 1973-1976 -- The Infirmities of Age: The Incremental and Rational Approaches -- The Challenges of Youth: The General Systems and Learning-Adaptive Approaches -- American National Planning: The Future
Biography
David E. Wilson, senior research officer in the UN Joint Inspection Unit, Geneva, Switzerland, has served as management analyst and planning coordinator in the U.S. General Accounting Office.
