Working from accounts of practitioners in urban and rural settings, North and South, this text shows how skillful deliberative practices can facilitate practical and timely participatory planning processes. In so doing, it provides a window onto the wider world of democratic governance, participation and practical decision making. Integrating interpretation and theoretical insight with diverse accounts of practice, the work draws on political science, law, philosophy, literature and planning to explore the challenges and possibilities of deliberative practice.
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"This book represents the culmination of a decade's work andsucceeds. Forester, perhaps the finest planning theorist in the U.S.,uses a variety of case studies to show how his ideas aboutdeliberation shape planning practice. He speaks to the problems andworries of practitioners and students of planning in all types ofpublic settings. This book will likely prove popular as a text inplanning schools and appeal to professionals in a variety of allieddisciplines." Charles J. Hoch , Professor, Urban Planning and PolicyProgram, University of Illinois at Chicago
Working from accounts of practitioners in urban and rural settings, North and South, this text shows how skillful deliberative practices can facilitate practical and timely participatory planning processes. In so doing, it provides a window onto the wider world of democratic governance, participation and practical decision making. Integrating interpretation and theoretical insight with diverse accounts of practice, the work draws on political science, law, philosophy, literature and planning to explore the challenges and possibilities of deliberative practice.
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