The hatching of public opinion

Abstract

The Need for Anticipating Public Policy Change. In today's fast‐paced world merely muddling through—benevolent neglect, as some have described it—is too erratic, too costly, and too dangerous a course for arriving at sound public policy decisions. Reliance on little‐understood forces—the “silent hand”—posited on innumerable unstructured events which somehow tote up to effective action, is increasingly outmoded. The management of massive, modern, complex, and qualitative technologies requires much more time and attention. Careful anticipation and explication of our problems is needed, more than ever before.

Citation

Molitor, G.T.T. (1977), "The hatching of public opinion", Planning Review, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 3-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053807