It is a special characteristic of all modern societies that people consciously decide on and plan projects designed to improve their social systems. It is their universal predicament that their projects do not always have their intended effects. It seems inevitable that in most countries this common set of problems, combined with the obvious…

A social science approach to language planning is contrasted with a language management approach to language planning. It is suggested that students of language planning need to go beyond discourse management and the social sciences if the task is to explain that language is the fundamental institution of society because to plan language is to…

The multifunctional aspects of the modern metropolis predetermine that the diverse elements of the population must be considered in planning schemes. The anthropologist, the planner, and the social scientist may no longer view the city from their quite different perspectives. (JB)

Development of policy sciences constitutes a main effort to reconstruct the role of intellectualism and rationality in human affairs. (Author)

This bibliography lists publications that deal with the application of social science theory, methodology, and research to urban action programs and social policy planning. Entries were selected primarily with social and urban planners in mind; however, they will be of value to anyone interested in the relationship between the social sciences and…

The social science enterprise, to satisfy the criteria of good science," must cover the whole spectrum of basic and applied science and lend direction to the policy process with respect to applied problems in the social realm. (Author/MB)

This is the third of three volumes published as a part of the American Institute of Planners' two-year consultation on "the next fifty years." Leaders in the fields of education, government, medicine, planning, civil rights, transportation, and conservation discuss their expectations for urban planning in regard to the urban crisis and specify…

This volume is the first of three publications emanating from the American Institute of Planners' nationwide campaign to encourage study and public education on "the future environment of a democracy." Experts in many areas scrutinize the psychological, physiological, and social needs of modern man in an attempt to discover the kind of environment…

As the second of three volumes published in connection with the American Institute of Planners' two-year study program, this book offers realistic goals toward which urban planning must direct itself if human society is to fulfill its need and capability for advancement. It stresses the fact that the nation can no longer afford the haphazard urban…

Faced with the task of planning social activities (aesthetic education) for a large community, including distinctive sub-cultures, planners must have a philosophical foundation upon which to base all decisions involving value judgments. The viewpoint expressed is a working philosophy, a guideline for such action. (BL)

Concern with the complexity of social problems and of public policy designed to cope with them has led to the identification of an interdisciplinary focus called the policy sciences. The concept includes both governmental and non-governmental decisions. The social sciences have provided structure with new methods such as operations research,…

Discusses the implications of a society devised according to Skinner's Behavior Modification Theory. (SB)

A general survey of French social planning illustrates problems concerning analysis of social and economic interrelationships. (Author/ND)