contracting atoms study public policy de orlans harold (3 résultats)

Etat : Gut. 242 Seiten guter Zustand,Schutzumschlag total beschädigt, Unterstreichungen vorhanden 201011217 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500 Leinen mit Schutzumschlag 16*24.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. xvii, 242pp. Ex-library.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First edition. First printing. xvii, [1], 242 p. Endpaper map. Occasional footnotes. Tables. Index. Name of previous owner present. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears, and marks to front. Harold Orlans was trained in anthropology and sociology at City College of New York, Yale University and the London School of Economics, Harold had a productive career as a scholar and writer, especially on public policy issues related to scientific research and higher education. After his first job as a reporter for the San Francisco Call Bulletin, he did alternative service as a conscientious objector during World War II, then (on a Fulbright Scholarship) studied the English new town of Stevenage. In Washington, he worked at the National Science Foundation, the Brookings Institution, and the National Academy of Public Administration, publishing scores of books and articles. He edited The Independent Scholar newsletter and is associate editor of Minerva. Based primarily upon public documents and extensive interviews with AEC officials, contractor personnel, and others knowledgeable about nuclear affairs, the study discussed then current AEC contract policies and problems, the dramatis personae, and the Commission's future role. The author's recommendations included cleared definition of technical and economic objectives, greater R&D competiton to encourage growth of a private nuclear industry, and clarification of the mission of AEC laboratories and the AEC.