Cities and Complexity: Making Intergovernmental Decisions (Cities and Planning) - Hardcover

Christensen, Karen S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761911642 ISBN 13: 9780761911647

Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Planners hate uncertainty. The objective of their work is to devise a course of action that will reduce uncertainty on a public scale. However, complicated intergovernmental systems often make their work complex and difficult. The planning profession is founded in quandries: How can we know the future? What is the public interest? How can we know which values are right? What is the relationship between means and ends? This book addresses the mismatch between the assumptions of planning and the actual operations of the intergovernmental system Basing her work not only on empirical research but on years of personal experience in complex governmental agencies (specifically HUD), Karen Stromme Christensen presents a new theory of the underlying structure and dynamics of the U.S. intergovernmental system. It is designed to help planners and policy makers clarify the obstacles to effective action on behalf of the public good. Moreover, it suggests ways to preserve and restore the strengths of federalism and to adjust aspects that have become counterproductive.

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". . .successfully untangles the complicated intergovernmental system in the U.S. and suggests ways in which planners could take effective actions within the system on behalf of the public good. . .it is a must-read for planning students, practitioners, and policy makers." 

(Sandeep Kumar)

"Christensen's book is an unpretensiously solid, well reasoned, and worthwhile addition to planning theory. Her astute, nuanced view of government is a welcome corrective to the planners' too common view of the 'public sector' as a simple, unitary entity. . ." 

(Scott Campbell)

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This book addresses the mismatch between the assumptions of planning professionals and the actual operations of the intergovernmental system.

Basing her work not only on empirical research but also years of personal experience, Christensen presents a new theory of the underlying structure and dynamics of the US intergovernmental system. It is designed to help planners and policy makers clarify the obstacles to effective action on behalf of the public good.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0761911642
• ISBN 13: 9780761911647
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200
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