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From the Puritans to the Projects: Public Housing and Public Neighbors. By Lawrence J. Vale. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. 460p. $45.00

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There is an unfortunate tendency for much public policy analysis to be ahistorical in its perspective. A program or policy is evaluated in terms of its success or failure in achieving its stated goals, and only the most immediate social, political, and economic factors are brought into the analysis to explain policy outcomes. In the case of public housing in the United States, an analysis of its failure to meet its stated goal of providing decent housing for the poor might lead us to blame (1) the federal government for poor design of the program, (2) local governments for poor implementation, or (3) the recipients themselves for engaging in antisocial behavior that undermined the intent of the program.

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  • Hays, R. Allen, 2002. "From the Puritans to the Projects: Public Housing and Public Neighbors. By Lawrence J. Vale. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. 460p. $45.00," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 96(2), pages 433-434, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:96:y:2002:i:02:p:433-434_60
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