Preface

Introduction: Renewing Planning Practice by Fostering Public Deliberations in an Adversarial World

I Deliberative Practice Reconciles Pragmatism and Vision

Listen to Stories, Learn in Practice: The Priority of Practical Judgment

Rationality, Emotional Sensitivity, and Moral Vision in Daily Planning Practice

II Consensus Building and Mutual Recognition Create Deliberative Opportunities

Challenges of Mediation and Deliberation in the Design Professions

Recognition and Opportunities for Deliberation in the Face of Conflict

III Deliberative Practice Creates Public Value

Beyond Dialogue to Transformative Learning: How Deliberative Rituals Encourage Political Judgment in Community Planning Processes

The Promise of Activist Mediation in Planning and Public Management

IV Participatory Planning Can Transform Public and Public Disputes

On Not Leaving Your Pain at the Door: Political Deliberation, Critical Pragmatism, and Traumatic Histories

On the Ethics of Planning: What Profiles of Planners Can Teach Us About Practical Judgment and Moral Improvisation

Afterword

Notes

References

Index