Voluntarism, Planning, and the State presents a series of case studies of the planning process in the context of modern American history in the period between World War I and World War II. Each essay draws on the works of leading scholars in the field and attempts to make specific evaluations of broad generalizations about the planning experience in the United States. The studies examine such relevant topics as unemployment reform, labor relations, military peacetime planning, New Deal planning, and the postwar debate over price and wage controls.

Excerpt from Planning, 1946: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting Held in New York City, May, 6-8, 1946 While my greetings are official, my appreciation is personal. Like every other Official, I am acutely aware of the need for intelligent plan ning and the difficulties confronting those who must face and offer con Structive solutions for the many problems of government. New York is a big, busy city. I suppose every known urban problem is to *be found here in some form. But except for its size, New York is much like every other city. That is why such meetings as this, represent ing planners from all over the country, have meaning for us. Since all communities suffer from similar civic ailments we must seek and will find some measure of help from common remedies. I not only extend you welcome, therefore: I wish you every success in developing your programs and know that your discussions will be fruitful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.