The Possibilities of Planning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2201841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles E Merriam (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1944 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 397-407 |
| Publication date | 1944-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/219455 |
| OpenAlex | W1964947993 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
To plan or not to plan is no real issue. Planning even of economic affairs has existed at all levels of our national life, both public and private, since the beginning of our history. The only issue is who shall plan for what ends. The democratic formula seeks concrete mechanisms to guarantee the full participation of all in planning for the common good
Business · Civil engineering · Democracy · Environmental planning · Geography · Plan (archaeology) · Political science · Politics · Public participation · Regional planning · Site plan · Urban planning · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · Engineering · Global History, Politics, and Ideology · Law · Public Administration
How simultaneity in time, contextual influences and constraints affect planning situations, and shape the capacity of participants to plan
How Does an Authoritarian State Co-opt Its Social Scientists Studying Civil Society
The National Resources Planning Board; A Chapter in American Planning Experience
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1944 - 2022 (79) |
| Highly cited | No |