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"... more and more, government agencies and private industry are participating in collaborative policy making... But who is training the public in public participation? Where do we, as citizens and as staff and volunteers of NGOs, learn to engage in meaningful collaboration?
"By including the public in meaningful deliberation, our communities can create better public policy. But to do this, all parties need to share the skills of collaboration. This handbook is designed to begin that process, to help balance the power relationships in public participation and to provide activists with a framework to reflect on their work."
From the introduction
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- Discover your surprising strengths as a stakeholder
- Distinguish meaningful collaboration from token "input."
- Exercise seven forms of power available to every citizen.
- Communicate your interests effectively to friends and adversaries.
- Solve problems creatively by recognizing all interests and ideas.
- Decide whether to collaborate at all, or whether you should withhold your cooperation.
- Understand and promote public participation, its compelling core values and essential democratic processes.
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"For years, scholars and practitioners of public participation have been telling agencies, developers and managers how to effectively involve the public in their plans. Gayle Gifford takes the next step. She shares insights that the public needs to know to make a difference in governance that affects them.
"Clear and relevant advice for anyone becoming involved in grassroots democracy."
Thomas Webler, Ph.D., Department of Environmental Studies, Antioch New England Graduate School
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