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Cohesion or Disjunction in the Planning of Public Policy?

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Foundations of Social Administration

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There is no final answer to the debate over cohesion or disjunction in the planning process. The argument for cohesion is normally set in the terminology of comprehensive planning.

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  • This chapter draws upon a wide range of material in which this debate is pursued. Special reference should be made to the following: D. Braybrooke and C. Lindblom, A Strategy of Decision (New York: The Free Press, 1963).

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© 1977 Helmuth Heisler, John Carrier, Bleddyn Davies, Neil Fraser, Howard Jones, Peter Kaim-Caudle, Ian Kendall, Thomas McPherson, Della Adam Nevitt, Muriel Nissel, Barbara Rodgers, J. D. Stewart, George F. Thomason

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Stewart, J.D. (1977). Cohesion or Disjunction in the Planning of Public Policy?. In: Heisler, H. (eds) Foundations of Social Administration. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86159-0_10

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