The Art of Judgment: A Study of Policy Making

Abstract

Series Editor's Introduction - Henry D Kass Foreword to the Centenary Edition of The Art of Judgement - Guy B Adams, Bayard L Catron and Scott D N Cook Exercise in the Creation of Form - Margaret Blunden The Life of Sir Geoffrey Vickers Foreword to the 1983 Edition - Kenneth E Boulding Poem Preface to the Original Edition Introduction to the Original Edition PART ONE: POLICY-MAKING AS A MENTAL SKILL The Regulation of Institutions Appreciation Three Case Studies in Appreciation The Appreciative System Prediction Innovation Valuation The Limits of the Regulable PART TWO: POLICY-MAKING AS AN INSTITUTIONAL PROCESS Institutions as Dynamic Systems Political Choice and Market Choice Growth Accountability Internal Criteria of Success PART THREE: POLICY-MAKING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DECISION SITUATION The Decision Situation Decision as Learning The Elusive Issue The Budgetary Decision Allocative and Integrative Decisions The Decision under Protest PART FOUR: POLICY-MAKING WITHIN THE HUMAN-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM The Human-Ecological System