United States of America
Working paper
Government provision of social services through nonprofit organisations: a note on contracting as a regime, and its possible relevance to Australia
The paper by Lipsky and Smith considers the implications of this relationship between government and nonprofit organisations for our understanding of the welfare state in advanced industrial countries.
Working paper
Land value taxation & housing development for three cities in Pennsylvania
This paper discusses the merits of land value taxation as a method to stem or reverse the loss of population.
Working paper
Postmodernism in architecture and planning: what kind of style?
This paper discusses postmodern style in architecture and planning, as well as a theory of aesthetics which serves as a basis for evaluation of postmodernism.
Report
Science, government, and information: The responsibilities of the technical community and the government in the transfer of information
A seminal paper on US government interest in the field of information science. The Weinberg report, as it is known, provided an impressive analysis of the many issues involved in ensuring that the abundance of scientific and technical information being produced in the US was managed and communicated effectively across government, agencies, industry and academia...
Report
Science, the endless frontier: a report to the President on a program for postwar scientific research
One of the most important reports in science policy, (commonly known as the Bush report), and intended to be a blueprint for a new era of science—and of government in science—following the transformational experience of World War II and its technological culmination in the detonation of two atomic bombs over Japan.