Redesigning society
By: Russell L. Ackoff, Sheldon Rovin
Contributors: Rovin, Sheldon
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Social problems -- United States; Social change -- United States; United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
Description: "In this book, Ackoff and Rovin use systems theory to develop new approaches to governance, the structure and function of our cities, and civic leadership in general. Each chapter tackles a different, important, and timely issue. The authors develop and present specific solutions, with the intention of starting a national dialogue about the structure and organization of American society. Their redesign, radical in its scope and ambition, draws upon existing technology and social constructs, but provides innovative ways to apply them."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-172) and index
Table of contents: title: Society and its design; title: Governance; title: The city, housing, and transport; title: Health care; title: Education; title: Welfare; title: Crime and punishment; title: Leading development