Description
Sherry Arnstein, writing in 1969 about citizen involvement in planning processes in the United States, described a "ladder of citizen participation" that showed participation ranging from low to high. Arnstein depicted the failings of typical participation processes at the time and characterized aspirations toward engagement that have now been elevated to core values in planning practice. But since that time, the political, economic, and social context has evolved greatly, and planners, organizers, and residents have been involved in planning and community development practice in ways previously unforeseen.
Learning from Arnstein's Ladder draws on contemporary theory, expertise, empirical analysis, and practical applications in what is now more commonly termed public engagement in planning to examine the enduring impacts of Arnstein's work and the pervasive challenges that planners face in advancing meaningful public engagement. This book presents research from throughout the world, including Australia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Portugal, Serbia, and the United States, among others, that utilizes, critiques, revises, and expands upon Arnstein's aspirational vision. It is essential reading for educators and students of planning.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: Learning from Arnstein's Ladder: From Citizen Participation to Public Engagement
Section 1. Institutionalizing Public Engagement
Chapter 2. Building "A Ladder of Citizen Participation": Sherry Arnstein, Citizen Participation, and Model Cities
Chapter 3. The Scaling-up of Participatory Budgeting: Insights from Brazil and Portugal
Chapter 4. Defining Partnership: Incorporating Equitable Participatory Methodologies in Heritage Disaster Recovery Planning for Socially Vulnerable Groups
Chapter 5. Community-based Village Planning for the Reconstruction of Post-tsunami and Post-conflict Aceh, Indonesia: Participatory Planning in Practice
Section 2. Public Engagement as Power Sharing
Chapter 6. Citizen Participation in Transitional Society: The Evolution of Participatory Planning in Serbia
Chapter 7. Informing to Placation: Locating Public Participation in Planning Bangalore on Arnstein's Ladder
Chapter 8. The Relationship between Citizen Participation and the Just City: Does More Participation Produce More Equitable Outcomes?
Chapter 9. Rethinking Arnstein's Ladder: Community Benefits Agreements and the Quest for Greater Public Participation
Section 3. Public Engagement as Power Redistribution
Chapter 10. Learning from Arnstein, Meadows, Boggs, and Lorde: Propositions on Building Collective Power for Climate Justice & Resilience
Chapter 11. Time, Place and Voice in Public Art
Chapter 12. Jumping off the Ladder: Participation and Insurgency in Detroit's Urban Planning
Chapter 13. Participation in Postpolitical Times: Protesting WestConnex in Sydney, Australia
Section 4. Public Engagement in Planning Education and Research
Chapter 14. Participation, Inclusion, and Voice in Neighborhood Planning
Chapter 15. A Bridge to Civic Empowerment: A Rooted University Approach to Creating Equitable Community-Academic Partnership and Just Power Relations
Chapter 16. Building the Foundation for Arnstein's Ladder: Community Empowerment through a Participatory Neighborhood Narrative
Chapter 17. Time for a Rope Ladder? A Youth-Driven Process for Developing a Youth Advisory Council
Section 5. Building Public Engagement in the 2020s
Chapter 18. Looking Ahead: Public Engagement in Urban Planning Research, Practice, and Education
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