Democracy Deferred - Civic Leadership After 9/11

Zusatztext "In Democracy Deferred! David W. Woods relates a story of civic engagement from his personal perspective as a participant observer. ? This book ? raise the important strategic question about how citizens can influence decision making in representative democracy. ? most appropriate for graduate students in urban planning who are focused on a career in civic engagement as well as those studying urban sociology." (Lynne B. Sagalyn! Journal of Planning Education and Research! Vol.38 (1)! March! 2018) Informationen zum Autor DAVID W. WOODS Sociologist and urban planner who specializes in urban and political sociology, global civic engagement, contemporary social movements, and urban planning. He also serves as principal of GreenWoods Associates, a consulting firm specializing in citizen participation, and urban and regional planning processes. Klappentext The day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, civic leaders began to organize four coalitions that aimed to give ordinary citizens a chance to meet, to heal, and to be heard in rebuilding decisions. This book tells the inside story of the civic renewal movement they founded. Zusammenfassung The day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks! civic leaders began to organize four coalitions that aimed to give ordinary citizens a chance to meet! to heal! and to be heard in rebuilding decisions. This book tells the inside story of the civic renewal movement they founded. Inhaltsverzeichnis Healing and Rebuilding: The Post-9/11 Call for Civic Leadership in New York's Struggle for a Citizen Voice  Phase One: Getting Organized to Make a Difference: A Participatory Democratic Framework for Raising a Citizen Voice  Phase Two: Getting Heard and Throwing Weight Expert Advocacy to Influence Decisions  Democracy Deferred: Lessons for the Future  Beyond Vague Consensus: A Braided Rope of Democratic Theories to Guide Lower Manhattan's Civic Renewal Process

Product details

• Authors: D Woods, D. Woods
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2012
• EAN: 9781349343027
• ISBN: 978-1-349-34302-7
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Sociology, Europe, Urban Planning, European Politics, Political Science, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Public Administration, Public Policy, Urban Sociology, Regional & area planning, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional planning, Human Geography, Sociology, Urban, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban communities, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Europe—Politics and government, 42624;democracy;terrorism