Author: Roger E. Kasperson Publisher: ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 78
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A little boy tells a newborn puppy all the things they'll do in the meadow and by the sea when the puppy is old enough to come to live with him.
Author: Lisa VeneKlasen Publisher: Practical Action Publishing ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 364
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This book provides an approach for promoting citizen participation; separating human rights, rule of law, development, and governance, reconnecting them in order to create an integrated approach to rights-based political empowerment; delving into questions of citizenship, constituency-building, social change, gender, and accountability.
Author: Eduardo Canel Publisher: Penn State Press ISBN: 0271037334 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 262
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The transition to democracy underway in Latin America since the 1980s has recently witnessed a resurgence of interest in experimenting with new forms of local governance emphasizing more participation by ordinary citizens. The hope is both to foster the spread of democracy and to improve equity in the distribution of resources. While participatory budgeting has been a favorite topic of many scholars studying this new phenomenon, there are many other types of ongoing experiments. In Barrio Democracy in Latin America, Eduardo Canel focuses our attention on the innovative participatory programs launched by the leftist government in Montevideo, Uruguay, in the early 1990s. Based on his extensive ethnographic fieldwork, Canel examines how local activists in three low-income neighborhoods in that city dealt with the opportunities and challenges of implementing democratic practices and building better relationships with sympathetic city officials.
Author: International Institute for Environment and Development Publisher: IIED ISBN: 9781843695042 Category : Community development Languages : en Pages : 344
Author: James L. Creighton Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118437047 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 294
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Internationally renowned facilitator and public participation consultant James L. Creighton offers a practical guide to designing and facilitating public participation of the public in environmental and public policy decision making. Written for government officials, public and community leaders, and professional facilitators, The Public Participation Handbook is a toolkit for designing a participation process, selecting techniques to encourage participation, facilitating successful public meetings, working with the media, and evaluating the program. The book is also filled with practical advice, checklists, worksheets, and illustrative examples.
Author: Kan Chen Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351512056 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 237
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Critiques of traditional urban planning are numerous. The debate about direction within the profession and why urban planning seems to be in a state of despair continues. However, and as Milan J. Dluhy and Kan Chen note, the more critical issue is the future direction of planning, particularly interdisciplinary planning. In this regard, they note five principal areas of concern: planning is action research, planning is knowledge driven, planning is both process and technologically oriented, planning is interdisciplinary, and planning is adaptive to emerging concerns.Reviewing the literature and empirical studies on roles and attitudes, the editors note that planners seem committed to symbols and expressions of advocacy as well as traditional planning doctrine. This emphasizes rational planning and neutral policy roles for practitioners. Without a guiding theory to give a unified approach to practice, planners remain free to select the role most compatible with their personal background and training. This volume asserts that diversity need not be a drawback as long as careful analysis and open planning processes are used.This title will be an invaluable resource. Part I illustrates the critical dilemmas in planning, Part II focuses on planning skills and orientations, the third part focuses sharply on planning roles, while the final section answers a fundamental question: can interdisciplinary planning offer a more useful perspective than others on how to achieve more successful planning outcomes?
Author: Roger E. Kasperson
Author: Lisa VeneKlasen
Author: Stuart Langton
Author: Eduardo Canel
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Author: John D. Hutcheson
Author: Chiranji S. Yadav
Author: International Institute for Environment and Development
Author: James L. Creighton
Author: Kan Chen