Not well advised

By Peter L Szanton

A brief and well-written analysis, by an insider, of the attempts - mostly failures - of academics and other consultants to provide useful advice to officials of city government during the "urban... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871548747
• ISBN13: 9780871548740
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation : Ford Foundation
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Insightful, well-organized, and engaging

This book is about the advice that local public officials receive -- when and why is is good and useful, when and why it is more often not useful and not used. The book is an absolute model of its kind. The author, Peter Szanton, knows his subject very well, has organized his conclusions well, and writes with grace. Superb.