Jeffrey LPressman and Aaron Wildavsky's Classic Analysis of the Economic Development

Multiple Choice

Jeffrey L.Pressman and Aaron Wildavsky's classic analysis of the Economic Development Administration's implementation efforts in Oakland, California, showed the terrible complexity of joint action.Some scholars say this view is overly pessimistic.Which of the following is NOT a strong argument against the Pressman-Wildavsky position?

A) Probability of program completion is function of participants' level of agreement
B) It does not allow for persistence.
C) Program elements may be collected into packages.
D) It fails to allow for the bandwagon effect.
E) There is an inconsistency in the way Pressman and Wildavsky apply reductionist principles.