9780367008635 - An Heretical Heir Of The Enlightenment: Politics, Policy And Science In The Work Of Charles E. Lindblom (11 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover, xi + 378 pages, NOT ex-library. Limited gentle wear, book is clean and bright with unmarked text, no inscriptions, no stamps, firmly bound. Boards show rubbing to tips of corners. Issued without a dust jacket. -- This is a collection of essays centered on the work and intellectual legacy of Charles E. Lindblom, aiming to articulate the internal coherence, methodological distinctiveness, and societal implications of his interdisciplinary contributions. Divided into three parts (Lindblomian Theory, Policy-Making, and Polity and Economy) and supplemented by extensive introductory and concluding commentary, the book offers both analytical and contextual framing. The first part examines Lindblom's theoretical orientation. Essays address his skeptical rationalism, preference for cautious reform, and critical stance toward centralized planning and expert-driven policy-making. His well-known incrementalist decision model ("muddling through") is discussed alongside his critique of rational-comprehensive planning. Contributors contrast his approach with critical theory and postmodernist thought, trace its intellectual roots to Enlightenment rationalism, and elaborate on his shift from pluralism to "multiplism," a model emphasizing broad-based, decentralized decision-making. The second part focuses on practical applications of Lindblom's ideas in the policy realm. His concept of "intelligent trial and error" is developed as an alternative to technocratic or top-down strategies. Chapters assess the interplay between authority, public policy, and democratic legitimacy; the influence of prior knowledge in policy analysis; and tensions between market-based and state-centered approaches in American education. Together, these essays argue for integrating professional social inquiry with lay knowledge, a key theme in Usable Knowledge, co-authored with David K. Cohen. The third part addresses political economy, particularly Lindblom's analysis of business power in democratic societies, which he viewed as structurally privileged and insufficiently accountable. Essays explore the limitations of collective action theory, examine capitalist institutions from a critical perspective, and analyze the interaction between policy ideas and vested interests. His core claim - that corporations function as public actors without public accountability - is revisited from multiple angles. The framing chapters, especially Redner's introduction, seek to identify a patterned logic in Lindblom's work, organized around four interrelated themes: policy-making, democracy, markets, and social science. The volume also underscores Lindblom's enduring skepticism toward technocratic expertise and centralized authority. His critique of cognitive "impairment" - the structural constraints on citizens' critical capacities imposed by media, education, and business - is a recurring concern. The contributors engage with Lindblom's published work and also with the broader epistemological and normative questions it raises. They reflect on the boundaries between theory and practice, and between scientific and ordinary knowledge. The volume is particularly relevant to scholars in political science, public administration, epistemology, and the sociology of knowledge. It also serves as a reference point for the study of democratic theory, policy analysis, and the institutional dynamics of knowledge production. In sum, the book shows how Lindblom's work challenges traditional Enlightenment divisions between reason and practice, science and society, and proposes an alternative framework grounded in bounded rationality, participatory intelligence, and structural modesty. For readers engaged in theoretical, empirical, or applied policy studies, it offers a comprehensive synthesis of a thinker whose influence crosses disciplinary and institutional boundaries. -- Charles E. Lindblom (1917-2018) was an American political scientist and Sterling Professor emeritus at Yale.

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Gebunden. Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. This is primarily, but not exclusively, a book on Lindblom. All the pieces in it bear on his work, either as direct commentary on it or criticism of it, or as extensions of his ideas. But at the same time every piece follows the trajectory of its own ideas .