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List of contents
Tables, Figures, Exhibits, and Worksheets.Preface.The Author.Introduction.PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.1. Defining What Public Participation Is (and Is Not).2. The Rationale for Public Participation.PART TWO: DESIGNING A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROGRAM.3. Decision Analysis.4. Process Planning.5. Implementation Planning.PART THREE: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TOOL KIT.6. Techniques for Getting Information to the Public.7. Techniques for Getting Information from the Public.PART FOUR: PUBLIC MEETING TOOLS.8. Designing Public Meetings.9. Developing Interactive Meetings.10. Facilitating Public Meetings.11. Determining Meeting Logistics.PART FIVE: GENERAL-PURPOSE TOOLS.12. Working with Advisory Groups.13. Conducting Interviews.14. Working with the Media.15. Analyzing Public Comment.16. Evaluating Public Participation.17. Using Public Participation Consultants.PART SIX: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ACTION.18. Public Participation Cases.Conclusion.An Example: Sunny Glen Landfill Siting Public Participation Plan.Index.
About the author
James L. Creighton is president of Creighton & Creighton, Inc., in Los Gatos, California, at www publicparticipation.com. He has been an independent consultant in the public participation field since 1972 and has designed or conducted more than three hundred public participation programs. He is the founding president of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), an international organization of professionals and people interested in the public participation field.
