Book Review: The Deliberative Practitioner: Encouraging Participatory Planning Processes by John Forester
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Pongsawat, Pitch
Since the 1980's, when the 'specter' of state intervention was at last being exorcised from models of planning practice, planning profession- als have been caught in a malaise. In an era of ascendant neo-liberalism, 'market-based' approaches have robbed the profession of some of its former grandeur. Lest we despair, John Forester has spent much of this period relaying the stories of practicing planners in the hope that we may find new values in their experiences. The Deliberative PractitionerisForester's latest take on this task.