The role of planning in social change. The perspective of social projectionism

Abstract

Social planning means for some authors - the development, expansion and coordination of social services and of social policies using resources rationally for solving problems both at local and at society level -(Lauffer, 1981:583). This planning process is achieved by designing a social intervention starting from the analysis of needs, by assessing the existing services, identifying and analysing the social problem, and then finding the solutions that would lead the change in the desired direction. This articles presents the types of social planning and the perspectives of social projectionism that influence the changes in contemporary society.