The Deliberative Practitioner: Encouraging Participatory Planning Processes

Forester, John

ISBN 10: 0262561220 / ISBN 13: 9780262561228

Published by Mit Pr, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Deliberative Practitioner: Encouraging Participatory Planning Processes
• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262561220
• ISBN 13: 9780262561228
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Citizen participation in such complex issues as the quality of the environment, neighborhood housing, urban design, and economic development often brings with it suspicion of government, anger between stakeholders, and power plays by many—as well as appeals to rational argument. Deliberative planning practice in these contexts takes political vision and pragmatic skill. Working from the accounts of practitioners in urban and rural settings, North and South, John Forester shows how skillful deliberative practices can facilitate practical and timely participatory planning processes. In so doing, he 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, Forester draws on political science, law, philosophy, literature, and planning to explore the challenges and possibilities of deliberative practice.

About the Author

John Forester is Professor and Chair in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. He is the author of Planning in the Face of Power and Critical Theory, Public Policy, and Planning Practice and the editor of Critical Theory and Public Life (MIT Press, 1985).