The
retrospective
analysis
examines
the
role
of
political
stakeholders,
vested
institutional
and
individual
values
in
the
policy
development
process.
The
President's
ultimate
decisions,
on
both
policies
and
policy
title,
were
guided
by
complex
conflicts
and
compromises,
negotiations
and
trade-offs,
and
finally,
by
his
technical
as
well
as
his
political
concerns.
Carter's
policy
planning
mechanism
often
was
paralyzed
by
a
number
of
power
struggles
over:
• Health Education and Welfare's (now Health and Human Services) welfare reform
• HUD's assisted housing and community development programs
• The Department of Commerce's planned economic development expansion
• The Department of Labor’s push to preserve expensive concentrated employment initiatives
• The Department of Treasury's Urban Bank
• A President’s political demand for the urban policy to concentrate on both large and small cities
Issues
of
urban
poverty,
unemployment,
and
disinvestment
contended
with,
and
were
neutralized
by,
managed
growth
concerns
and
Sunbelt
needs.
Yet, in retrospect, it seems like it was a " walk in the park," even with that fractions group of basically humane sojourners.
Based
on
the
experiences
of
author
Dr.
Yvonne
Scruggs-Leftwich,
who
was
the
Executive
Director
of
the
first
National
Urban
Policy
process
and
historical
archives,
this
book
analyzes
the
actions
of
President
Carter,
Housing
and
Urban
Development
Secretary
Patricia
Roberts
Harris,
other
Cabinet
members,
and
the
professionals
leading
the
process.
Consensus
and
Compromise
outlines
the
negotiation
of
power,
principles,
and
priorities
necessary
to
ensure
the
successful
creation
of
the
first National Urban Policy.
This
book
is
essential
for
teaching
and
understanding
the
history
and
challenges
of
providing
housing
for
underserved
communities the challenges of implementing public policy.
The Exercise in Conflict and Compromise
When
President
Carter
and
his
HUD
Secretary,
the
late
Patricia
Roberts
Harris,
undertook
the
development
of
a
national
urban
policy
in
the
early
months
of
the
administration,
conditions
in
cities
were
deplorable,
as
this
book
documents.
The
national
context,
however,
was
essentially
egalitarian,
the
commitment
to
an
aggressive
tide
to
lift
all
boats
was
strong,
and
the
will
to
fulfill
America's
promise
of
improving
life
for
all
urban
dwellers
was
determined.
The
policy
process
uses
this
proactive
climate
to
good
advantage.
This
study
of
the
year-long
path
to
a
codified
national
urban
policy
analyzes
the
actions,
processes,
and
incremental
decisions
that
finally
led
to
its
creation
rather
than
the
substance
of
the
policy
itself.
The
focus
is
upon
the
dynamics
of
transactions
among
federal
bureaucrats,
public
officials,
private
citizens,
urban
advocates,
and
scholars
that
characterized
the
policy’s
development.
Records
document
how
these
transactions
ultimately
led to the ten urban policy components – a series of amended choices – that President Carter announced in March 1978.
ISBN-13: 978-0761833550
ISBN-10: 0761833552
© 2021 by Dr.Scruggs-Leftwich!
Based
on
the
experiences
of
author
Dr.
Yvonne
Scruggs-
Leftwich,
who
was
the
Executive
Director
of
the
first
National
Urban
Policy
process
and
historical
archives,
this
book
analyzes
the
actions
of
President
Carter,
Housing
and
Urban
Development
Secretary
Patricia
Roberts
Harris,
other
Cabinet
members,
and
the
professionals
leading
the
process.
Consensus
and
Compromise
outlines
the
negotiation
of
power,
principles,
and
priorities
necessary
to
ensure
the
successful
creation of the first National Urban Policy.
This
book
is
essential
for
teaching
and
understanding
the
history
and
challenges
of
providing
housing
for
underserved
communities the challenges of implementing public policy.
ISBN-13: 978-0761833550
ISBN-10: 0761833552
The Exercise in Conflict and Compromise
When
President
Carter
and
his
HUD
Secretary,
the
late
Patricia
Roberts
Harris,
undertook
the
development
of
a
national
urban
policy
in
the
early
months
of
the
administration,
conditions
in
cities
were
deplorable,
as
this
book
documents.
The
national
context,
however,
was
essentially
egalitarian,
the
commitment
to
an
aggressive
tide
to
lift
all
boats
was
strong,
and
the
will
to
fulfill
America's
promise
of
improving
life
for
all
urban
dwellers
was
determined.
The
policy
process
uses
this
proactive
climate
to
good
advantage.
This
study
of
the
year-long
path
to
a
codified
national
urban
policy
analyzes
the
actions,
processes,
and
incremental
decisions
that
finally
led
to
its
creation
rather
than
the
substance
of
the
policy
itself.
The
focus
is
upon
the
dynamics
of
transactions
among
federal
bureaucrats,
public
officials,
private
citizens,
urban
advocates,
and
scholars
that
characterized
the
policy’s
development.
Records
document
how
these
transactions
ultimately
led
to
the
ten
urban
policy
components
–
a
series
of
amended
choices
–
that
President
Carter announced in March 1978.
The
retrospective
analysis
examines
the
role
of
political
stakeholders,
vested
institutional
and
individual
values
in
the
policy
development
process.
The
President's
ultimate
decisions,
on
both
policies
and
policy
title,
were
guided
by
complex
conflicts
and
compromises,
negotiations
and
trade-offs,
and
finally,
by
his
technical
as
well
as
his
political
concerns.
Carter's
policy
planning
mechanism
often
was
paralyzed
by
a
number
of
power struggles over:
•
Health Education and Welfare's (now Health and
Human Services) welfare reform
•
HUD's assisted housing and community development
programs
•
The Department of Commerce's planned economic
development expansion
•
The Department of Labor’s push to preserve expensive
concentrated employment initiatives
•
The Department of Treasury's Urban Bank
•
A President’s political demand for the urban policy to
concentrate on both large and small cities
Issues
of
urban
poverty,
unemployment,
and
disinvestment
contended
with,
and
were
neutralized
by,
managed
growth
concerns
and
Sunbelt
needs.
Yet,
in
retrospect,
it
seems
like
it
was
a
"
walk
in
the
park,"
even
with
that
fractions
group
of
basically humane sojourners.
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