Policy creativity : new perspectives / Stuart Nagel, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nagel, Stuart S., 1934-2001, editor.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy sciences.

Creative ability.

Physical Description:

viii, 131 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2002]

Contents:

Part 1 Causes and Correlates of Creativity 1

Chapter 1. Creativity as an Effect of Useful Tolls 3

Chapter 2. Testing for Creativity and Related Psychology Concepts 5

I. Related Concepts 5

II. Testing for Creativity 8

Chapter 3. Creativity-Aiding Software 13

I. Spreadsheet-Based 13

II. Advantages over Unaided Thinking 14

III. Win-Win Mentions and 15

Creativity-Aiding Software 15

IV. Further References 15

V. Obtaining the Software 16

Chapter 4. How to Encourage Academic Creativity 17

Chapter 5. Equality, Equal Opportunity, and Merit Treatment 21

Chapter 6. The Role of Luck in Creativity 23

Part 2 Examples of Creativity 25

Chapter 7. Creative People in the Second and Third Millennia 27

I. The Second Millennium 1000-2000 27

II. The Third Millennium 2000-3000 28

Chapter 8. Societal Inventions 31

I. Economic 31

II. Social 32

III. Polical 33

IV. Humanities 33

Chapter 9. Artistic Creativity 35

I. Usefulness 35

II. Subjectivity and Bias 36

III. Cultural Relativity 37

IV. The Five Senses and Computers 39

V. Genetics, Innovativeness, and Inspiration 40

VI. Policy Implications 40

Chapter 10. Business Creativity 43

I. Measurement 43

II. Start-Ups 43

III. Incentives and Facilitators 44

IV. Ethnic Groups 45

Chapter 11. Creative Budgeting 47

A. Some Creative Budgeting Ideas 47

B. Creatively Increasing Expenses to Reduce the Deficit 48

Chapter 12. Creativity and Humor 51

I. What is Being Funny? 51

II. Place, Age, and Other Relativity 52

III. Purposes of Humor 53

V. Appendix: Humor from PE, DEV, AND C+ 54

Chapter 13. Encouraging Creativity in Technology, Science, and General Matters 57

I. Some Points Regarding Technology Creativity 57

II. Other C+ Articles on Subject-Specific Creativity 58

III. Causes of Creativity in General 58

IV. Trying to Generalize from Creative Inventors 59

V. Building on Prior Technology 61

VI. Summarizing General Characteristics 62

VII. Other C+ Articles on Technology Creativity 62

VIII. Forthcoming Technological Innovations 63

Part 3 Public Policy Creativity 65

Chapter 14. Government Innovation: Performance Pay, Vouchers, and Contracting Out 67

I. More Win-Win Performance Pay: Health 68

II. More Win-Win Vouchers: Schools 69

III. More Win-Win Contracting Out: Solid Waste 71

Chapter 15. Government Innovation: Win-Win Contracting out 73

I. Socialism versus Capitalism 73

II. Attorneys for the Poor 76

III. Private-Sector Prisons 79

IV. Contracting Out Public Schools 80

Chapter 16. Government Innovation: Competition 83

I. Public Policy toward Business Firms 83

II. Public Policy toward Inventors 84

III. Public Policy toward Schools 84

IV. Public Policy toward Political Parties 85

V. Public Policy toward Free Trade 87

VI. Public Policy toward Police Activities 88

Chapter 17. Leveraged Productivity Credit Unions 91

I. Farm-Workers and Growers 91

II. School Infrastructure Banks 92

Chapter 18. Creative Legislation in the U.S. in the 1900s 95

I. The Top Dozen Congressional Statutes 95

II. Types of Policy Innovation 97

III. Causes of Creative Legislation 98

Chapter 19. Creativity and Extremism 101

II. The 1930s and before 102

III. Since the 1930s 104

Chapter 20. The Creativity of Revolutionaries 105

I. The Revolutions 105

II. The Creativity 108

III. Doers and Thinkers 110

Chapter 21. Innovation versus Diffusion 113

I. When Technology and Economics Are Hurdles 113

II. The Falsity of the Technology Excuse 114

III. The Falsity of the Economics Excuse 115

IV. The Political Hurdle 116

Part 4 Creativity Bibliographies 119

Chapter 22. Creativity Books by Subjects 121

I. Creativity How-to-Do-It Manuals 122

II. Social Science Analysis of Creativity 122

III. Business and Management Creativity 123

IV. Science and Technology Creativity 123

V. Art, Music, and Literature Creativity 124

VI. Public Policy and Administration Creativity 124

VI. Philosophy, Theory, and Religion Creativity 125.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-126) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

1590332407

OCLC:

50582165

Publisher Number:

9781590332405