Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington are Dashed in Oakland; Or, Why It's Amazing that Federal Programs Work at All, This Being a Saga of the Economic Development Administration as Told by Two Sympathetic Observers Who Seek to Build Morals on a Foundation of Ruined Hopes. By Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. Pp. xviii, 182. $7.50.)

Martha Derthick

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Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington are Dashed in Oakland; Or, Why It's Amazing that Federal Programs Work at All, This Being a Saga of the Economic Development Administration as Told by Two Sympathetic Observers Who Seek to Build Morals on a Foundation of Ruined Hopes. By Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973. Pp. xviii, 182. $7.50.)

American Political Science Review ◽

10.2307/1959201 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 68 (3) ◽

pp. 1336-1337

Author(s):

Martha Derthick

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

University Of California ◽

Federal Programs ◽

Great Expectations ◽

Aaron Wildavsky

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Book Review: Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland; or, Why It's Amazing that Federal Programs Work at All, This Being a Saga of the Economic Development Administration as Told by Two Sympathetic Observers Who Seek to Build Morals on a Foundation of Ruined Hopes by JEFFREY L. PRESSMAN and AARON WILDAVSKY. London: University of California Press. 1980 (Second Edition). pp. 209. £8.75

Urban Studies ◽

10.1080/00420988020080741 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 367-368

Author(s):

Michael Edwards

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

University Of California ◽

Federal Programs ◽

Great Expectations ◽

Aaron Wildavsky

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Urban Public Policy: California Labyrinths & Ohio PlebiscitesLabyrinths of Democracy: Adaptations, Linkages, Representation, and Policies in Urban Politics. By Heinz Eulau and Kenneth Prewitt Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland; Or, Why It's Amazing That Federal Programs Work at All, This Being a Saga of the Economic Development Administration as Told by Two Sympathetic Observers Who Seek to Build Morals on a Foundation of Ruined Hopes. By Jeffrey L. Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky Political Behavior and Public Issues in Ohio. By John J. Gargan and James G. Coke

Polity ◽

10.2307/3234195 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 530-541

Author(s):

Emmett H. Buell,

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Economic Development ◽

Political Behavior ◽

Urban Politics ◽

Federal Programs ◽

Great Expectations ◽

Public Issues ◽

Aaron Wildavsky

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Implementation--How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland; Or, Why It's Amazing that Federal Programs Work At All, This Being a Saga of the Economic Development Administration as Told by Two Sympathetic Observers Who Seek to Build Morals on a Foundation of Ruined Hopes.

Political Science Quarterly ◽

10.2307/2148170 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 88 (4) ◽

pp. 738 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

James L. Sundquist ◽

Jeffrey L. Pressman ◽

Aaron B. Wildavsky ◽

Michael D. Reagan

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Federal Programs ◽

Great Expectations

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Effectiveness of Federal Programs: The Politics of BureaucracyThe Impact of Federal Anti-Poverty Programs. By Charles Brecher Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland. By Jeffrey Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky Dilemmas of Social Reform: Poverty and Community Action in the United States. By Peter Marris and Martin Rein Race and Authority in Urban Politics: Community Participation and the War on Poverty. By J. David Greenstone and Paul Peterson

Polity ◽

10.2307/3234396 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 220-227

Author(s):

Fred J. Foley,

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Community Participation ◽

Social Reform ◽

Urban Politics ◽

The United States ◽

Community Action ◽

War On Poverty ◽

Federal Programs ◽

Great Expectations ◽

Aaron Wildavsky

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Economic Development and Export Growth: A Study of Northern Rhodesia, 1920–1960. By Robert E. Baldwin. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press; London: Cambridge University Press, 1966. Pp. xviii+254. $6; 48s.

Africa ◽

10.2307/1157963 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 89-90

Author(s):

David Walker

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Export Growth ◽

University Of California ◽

Cambridge University

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Robert E. Baldwin, Economic Development and Export Growth: A Study of Northern Rhodesia, 1920-1960, Berkley and Los Angels, University of California Press, 1966, 254p

KOKUSAI KEIZAI ◽

10.5652/kokusaikeizai.1967.208 ◽

1967 ◽

pp. 208-212

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Export Growth ◽

University Of California

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Risk and Culture: An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers. By Mary Douglas and Aaron Wildavsky. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982. Pp. ix + 221. $14.95.) - Acceptable Risk. By Baruch Fischhoff et al. (Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Pp. xv + 185. $19.95.)

American Political Science Review ◽

10.2307/1956029 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 77 (1) ◽

pp. 203-204

Author(s):

Gene Weinstein

Keyword(s):

University Of California ◽

Acceptable Risk ◽

Cambridge University ◽

Mary Douglas ◽

Aaron Wildavsky ◽

Selection Of

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Economic Development of Communist China: An Appraisal of the First Years of Industrialization. By Choh-ming Li. (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1959. Pp. xvi, 284. $7.50.)

American Political Science Review ◽

10.1017/s0003055400233674 ◽

1959 ◽

Vol 53 (3) ◽

pp. 862-863

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Los Angeles ◽

University Of California ◽

Communist China

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Views on Economic Development in the Pacific. Bryan Farrell. Center for South Pacific Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, California. May 1975.249p

Journal of Travel Research ◽

10.1177/004728757701500319 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 34-34

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

South Pacific ◽

University Of California ◽

Santa Cruz ◽

The Pacific ◽

Pacific Studies

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Rush for Riches: Gold Fever and the Making of California. By J. S. Holliday. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Pp. xi, 355. $55.00, cloth; $29.95, paper. - A Goldern State: Mining and Economic Development in Gold Rush Califorina. Edited by James J. Rawls and Richard J. Orsi. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Pp. xii, 313. $50.00, cloth; $24.95, paper.

The Journal of Economic History ◽

10.1017/s0022050700024372 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 59 (4) ◽

pp. 1114-1115

Author(s):

David Gerard

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Gold Rush ◽

University Of California

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