Planners and politics
Subtitle: helping communities make decisions
By: Roger S. Waldon ; foreword by Con Howe
Contributors: Howe, Con
Publisher: Planners Press; American Planning Association
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781932364231
Subjects: City planning; Participation des citoyens; Aspect politique; Urbanisme
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index .
Table of contents: title: America's melting pot of ideas : practicing advocacy when it's needed  -- Alec Bash; title: Planner as keeper of the process : focus on citizen engagement  -- Peter Pollock; title: Planner as idea generator : embrace the politics  -- Steve Anderson; title: Shifting the course : be willing to revisit previous decisions -- Paul Farmer; title: We're all in this together : ideas need champions  -- Maxine Griffith; title: Planner as implementer : translate the community vision into action  -- Charles Perkins; title: Good planning makes good business : the role of the private sector  -- Karen Walz; title: Crossing to the other side of the table : the planner as elected official  -- David Godschalk; title: Summary conclusions and observations : tying it all together --; title: Afterword : looking back --; title: Appendix A : community profiles --; title: Appendix B : selected readings --; title: Index.