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Gill, David G.Unravelling Social Policy. Rev. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman Publishing, 1976.
Horowitz, Irving Louis.The Rise and Fall of Project Camelot. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1967.
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Ritchie P.Lowry served as senior research sicentist in the Special Operations Research Office of the United States Army, the parent organization of Project Camelot.
He is a past contributor toSociety and is the author of several books, most recentlySociology: Social Science and Social Concern.
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Lowry, R.P. From camelot policymaker to college professor. Society 15, 69–75 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03181005
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03181005