Planning With Complexity: An Introduction to Collaborative Rationality for Public Policy

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
List of illustrations......Page 10
Glossary of Acronyms......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Preface......Page 14
Introduction......Page 18
What Is New in the Second Edition......Page 19
Notes......Page 20
Water Planning as a Wicked Problem......Page 21
Purpose of the Book......Page 22
Context and Origins of Collaborative Public Decision Making......Page 23
Trends......Page 24
Collaborative Rationality......Page 25
Collaborative Dialogues in Practice......Page 26
The Importance of Institutional Change......Page 27
Our Basic Argument......Page 28
Outline of the Book......Page 29
Notes......Page 32
Why Practice Needs Theory......Page 34
Our Conception of Theory......Page 35
Positivist Analysis in a Political World......Page 36
The Rational Model Works Perversely in Pluralist Politics......Page 37
The Rational Choice School Discovers Collaboration Is Rational......Page 38
Interpretive Knowing: A Foundation for Collaborative Dialogue......Page 39
An Alternative Rationality for Collaborative Dialogue......Page 41
Applications in Planning......Page 42
Communities of Inquiry......Page 44
Negotiation Theory and Alternative Dispute Resolution......Page 45
Interpretive Knowing: A Framing for Collaborative Planning and Deliberative Public Policy......Page 46
Complexity Science......Page 47
Collaborative Policy Processes Are Complex Adaptive Systems......Page 50
The DIAD Theory of Collaborative Rationality......Page 51
Critiques and Challenges......Page 55
Summary......Page 56
Notes......Page 57
Why Collaborations Should Not Be Regarded as Black Boxes......Page 59
Collaborative Rationality in Action: The Sacramento Area Water Forum......Page 60
Reducing Racial Tensions: The Cincinnati Police Community Relations Collaborative......Page 69
Cross Acceptance: The New Jersey State Planning Process......Page 74
Interagency Collaboration in CALFED: Informality as a Planning Strategy22......Page 81
A Coalition Approach: The Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities (BAASC)......Page 86
Politics and Parliamentary Procedure: The East Bay Conversion and Reinvestment Commission (EBCRC)......Page 93
Summary and Conclusion......Page 97
Notes......Page 98
Necessary Conditions for Successful Policy Dialogues......Page 100
Structuring the Process......Page 108
Authentic Dialogue: The Praxis of Process......Page 115
Agonism......Page 122
Power in Collaborative Dialogues......Page 123
Contradictions and Paradoxes......Page 127
When Collaborative Dialogues Are Appropriate......Page 129
Notes......Page 130
Communities of Inquiry......Page 132
Dialogue Is Transformative......Page 135
Collaboration in High Performance Groups......Page 136
Unpacking Collaborative Policy Dialogues......Page 137
Role Playing and Drama......Page 146
Creating a Community of Inquiry......Page 151
Conclusion......Page 152
Notes......Page 153
Challenges for Building Informed Plans and Policies......Page 154
Purpose of the Chapter......Page 155
Exploding the Myth......Page 156
Types of Information Used in Policy Making Arenas......Page 159
How Dialogue Can Make Information Influential......Page 163
Scientific Conflicts......Page 167
Institutional Models for Addressing Scientific Conflict......Page 168
Examples of Joint Fact Finding......Page 171
Conclusion......Page 178
Notes......Page 179
The Importance of Local and Lay Knowledge......Page 181
Multiple Knowledges......Page 182
Anxieties: Epistemology, Difference, and Uncertainty......Page 184
The Risks of Ignoring Local Knowledge......Page 186
Environmental Justice......Page 189
Strategies for Incorporating Local Knowledge......Page 191
Local Knowledge for Resilience in Complex Socio-ecological Systems: Fisheries Management......Page 196
Knowledge of the Marginalized in Collaborative Stakeholder Dialogues......Page 199
Strategies for Integrating Local with Expert Knowledge......Page 201
Relationships of Experts with Local Knowers: Typologies......Page 202
Conclusion......Page 203
Notes......Page 204
8. Collaborative Governance for a Resilient Society......Page 205
The Crisis in Governance......Page 206
How Collaborative Governance Emerges......Page 207
The Mental Model behind Traditional Governing Institutions......Page 208
The Mental Model behind Collaborative Governance......Page 209
Contrasting Governance Institutions and Practices......Page 210
Adaptiveness and Resilience......Page 213
Three Features of Adaptive Governance......Page 215
Networks: The Core of Adaptive Governance......Page 216
Recommendations for Changes in the Practices and Role of Government Actors......Page 217
Limitations and Challenges......Page 219
The Way Forward......Page 220
Notes......Page 221
References......Page 222
Index......Page 239