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This unique book explores the growing practice of participatory democracy and uses comparative analysis of cases in the UK, the Netherlands and Italy to show how policy makers, practitioners, students and academics can communicate more effectively.

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"Advancing the communicative planning debate, Bartels examines neighbourhood case studies in Glasgow, Amsterdam and Bologna to show how diverse habits and presumptions in public encounters shape powerful practices of dialogue, debate and deliberation." John Forester, Cornell University
“This book, which is both conceptually rich and practically useful, should be obligatory reading for citizens, public officials and policy analysts for years to come.” Hendrik Wagenaar, The University of Sheffield.

Table of Contents
Introduction: Communicating in participatory practice; Public encounters in participatory democracy: toward communicative capacity; Studying narratives of participatory practice; Communicative patterns: what happens when public professionals and citizens meet; Work in progress: engaging with the situation; Struggling: discussing the substantive issues at hand; Making connections: building and maintaining relationships; Conclusion: communicative capacity in participatory theory and practice; Recommendations: communicative capacity in practice and policy.

Communicative Capacity

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 1/29/2015 12:07:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781447318507
      978-1447318507
      ISBN-10 1447318501
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      Communication studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This unique book explores the growing practice of participatory democracy and uses comparative analysis of cases in the UK, the Netherlands and Italy to show how policy makers, practitioners, students and academics can communicate more effectively.

      Trade Review
      "Advancing the communicative planning debate, Bartels examines neighbourhood case studies in Glasgow, Amsterdam and Bologna to show how diverse habits and presumptions in public encounters shape powerful practices of dialogue, debate and deliberation." John Forester, Cornell University
      “This book, which is both conceptually rich and practically useful, should be obligatory reading for citizens, public officials and policy analysts for years to come.” Hendrik Wagenaar, The University of Sheffield.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Communicating in participatory practice; Public encounters in participatory democracy: toward communicative capacity; Studying narratives of participatory practice; Communicative patterns: what happens when public professionals and citizens meet; Work in progress: engaging with the situation; Struggling: discussing the substantive issues at hand; Making connections: building and maintaining relationships; Conclusion: communicative capacity in participatory theory and practice; Recommendations: communicative capacity in practice and policy.

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