Can Planning Replace Politics?: The Israeli Experience

Much hope has been placed in the potential of planning to solve social and economic problems. In the East ~nd the West, in developed and less-developed countries, planning has become widespread. It has been praised and ridiculed, used and misused, both as a catch­ word for a better future and as a scapegoat for bitter failure. Plan­ ning has been interpreted differently by every society, giving rise to a wide range of styles and approaches. Fascination with the phenom­ enon has yielded a va...