Showing papers by "John Forester published in 1993"

The argumentative turn in policy analysis and planning

Abstract: Part 1 The argumentative turn: policy institutions and practices: Policy discourse and the politics of Washington think tanks, Frank Fischer Discourse coalitions and the institutionalization of practice - the case of acid rain in Great Britain, Maarten Hajer Political judgement and the policy cycle - the case of ethnicity arguments in the Netherlands, Robert Hoppe Counsel and consensus - norms of argumentation in health policy, Bruce Jennings. Part 2 Analytical concepts - frames, tropes, and narratives: Survey research as rhetorical trope - electric power planning arguments in Chicago, J.A. Throgmorton Frame reflective policy discourse, Martin Rein and Donald Schon Reading policy narratives - beginning, middle, and end, Thomas J. Kaplan Learning from practice stories - the priority of practical judgement, John Forester. Part 3 Theoretical perspectives: Policy anlysis and planning - from science to argumentation, John Dryzek Planning through debate - the communicative turn in planning theory, Patsy Healey Policy reforms as arguments, William Dunn Two worlds of policy discourse - consensual versus adversarial proposal selection, Duncan MacRae.

Participatory action research from the inside: community development practice in East St. Louis

Abstract: The profile that follows presents an account of politics, race, method, and social change drawn from one key participant's experience with an ambitious participatory action research project in East St. Louis.1 The key participant who tells the story is Ken Reardon, an assistant professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The profile was produced at Cornell University by Brian Kreiswirth and John Forester as part of a larger project to explore the character of practical and political judgment required of participatory action researchers in a variety of fields. In the spring 1992 semester, John Welsh conducted a series of interviews with PAR practitioners, beginning with Ken Reardon; Kreiswirth transcribed these interviews and did the initial editing of Reardon's account. Forester super vised the interviewing, transcribing and editing process and did further editing of the transcriptions so they could be used in the undergraduate and graduate courses.