Critical Theory, Public Policy, and Planning Practice: Toward a Critical Pragmatism
- ISBN-10
- 0791414450
- ISBN-13
- 9780791414453
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 214
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-01-01
- Publisher
- SUNY Press
- Author
- John Forester
Description
Too often attacked as hopelessly abstract, contemporary critical social theory can help us to understand both public policy and its analysis. In this book, John Forester shows how policy analysis, planning, and public administration are thoroughly political communicative practices that subtly and selectively organize public attention. Drawing from Jürgen Habermas's critical communications theory of society, Forester shows how policy developments alter the social infrastructure of society. He provides a clear introduction to critical social theory at the same time that he clarifies the practical and political challenges facing public policy analysts, public managers, and planners working in many fields.
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