Varieties of Civic Innovation
Deliberative, Collaborative, Network, and Narrative Approaches
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, City Planning & Urban Development, Government, Civics, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780826520012 | |
| Publisher: | Vanderbilt University Press | Publication: | December 22, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Vanderbilt University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780826520012 |
| Publisher: | Vanderbilt University Press |
| Publication: | December 22, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Vanderbilt University Press |
| Language: | English |
In this collection of original essays, empirical analysts and theorists across disciplines turn a critical eye to a variety of recent institutional forms and styles of innovation. They examine lived reality and theoretical underpinning, promise and accomplishment, but also the pitfalls and capacity-building challenges that face virtually all attempts to bring citizen voice, knowledge, and skill to the center of public problem solving. Their analyses are both hopeful and hard-headed and are guided by commitments to help understand appropriate fit and realistic sustainability. Cases include face-to-face deliberation, online networking and citizen journalism, policy forums, and community and stakeholder planning sessions across local, state and federal contexts. Policy issues run a broad gamut from community and regional economic development and environmental sustainability to minority rights and gay marriage.
In this collection of original essays, empirical analysts and theorists across disciplines turn a critical eye to a variety of recent institutional forms and styles of innovation. They examine lived reality and theoretical underpinning, promise and accomplishment, but also the pitfalls and capacity-building challenges that face virtually all attempts to bring citizen voice, knowledge, and skill to the center of public problem solving. Their analyses are both hopeful and hard-headed and are guided by commitments to help understand appropriate fit and realistic sustainability. Cases include face-to-face deliberation, online networking and citizen journalism, policy forums, and community and stakeholder planning sessions across local, state and federal contexts. Policy issues run a broad gamut from community and regional economic development and environmental sustainability to minority rights and gay marriage.
