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Theory and practice of social planning
- Title
- Theory and practice of social planning / Alfred J. Kahn.
- Author
- Kahn, Alfred J., 1919-2009
- Publication
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 1969.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xii, 348 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Textbook on the theoretics and methodology of social planning, with particular reference to the USA - covers value dimensions, the definition of the planning task, the formulation of social policy, programme planning and budgeting, cost benefit analysis, the concept of decentralization, programme reporting and evaluation, etc. References.
- Subject
- Social planning
- Social planning > United States
- Social policy
- Social Planning
- Public Policy
- public policy
- Social planning
- Social policy
- Sozialplanung
- Sociale planning
- Sociale politiek
- theory
- methodology
- social planning
- planning
- social policy
- programme planning
- budgeting
- cost benefit analysis
- decentralization
- evaluation
- théorie
- méthodologie
- planification sociale
- planification
- politique sociale
- planification de programmes
- établissement du budget
- analyse coûts-avantages
- décentralisation
- évaluation
- teoría
- metodología
- planificación social
- planificación
- política social
- planificación de programas
- elaboración del presupuesto
- análisis de costos y beneficios
- descentralización
- evaluación
- United States > Social policy
- United States
- USA
- Etats-Unis
- Estados Unidos
- Genre/Form
- textbook.
- reference.
- manuel d'enseignement.
- référence bibliographique.
- libro de texto.
- referencia.
- Note
- "Companion volume to Studies in social policy and planning."
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliographical footnotes.
- Contents
- What is social planning? -- Social planning and American society -- Definition of the task: facts, projections, and inventories -- Definition of the task: values and preferences -- Formulation of policy, the standing plan -- Policy: types and levels of intervention -- Thinking about policy: additional dimensions -- General considerations in programming -- Program budgeting and cost effectiveness -- Programming problems in social service delivery -- Organization for planning, evaluation, and feedback -- The framework in perspective.
- ISBN
- 087154430X
- 9780871544308
- LCCN
- 79081406
- x280020235
- OCLC
- ocm00019984
- 19984
- SCSB-291728
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library