Modeling as Negotiating: The Political Dynamics of Computer Models in the Policy Process

by William H. Dutton and Kenneth L. Kraemer

This book presents a perspective on the role of modeling that has relevance to both practice and theory. The authors provide an empirical assessment of the role of computer models in urban policy decisions, presenting a survey and four detailed case studies focusing on the use of a specific class of computer-based fiscal impact models in American logical governments. The findings are interpreted in light of this perspeectiv on the social and political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0893912611
• ISBN13: 9780893912611
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"