Planning with Complexity An Introduction to Collaborative Rationality for Public Policy by Judith Eleanor Innes

Politics and Parliamentary Procedure: The East Bay Conversion and Reinvestment Commission (EBCRC) -- Other Collaborative Efforts -- Summary and Conclusion -- Notes -- 4. The Praxis of Collaboration -- Necessary Conditions for Successful Policy Dialogues -- Structuring the Process -- Authentic Dialogue: The Praxis of Process -- Agonism -- Power in Collaborative Dialogues -- Contradictions and Paradoxes -- When Collaborative Dialogues Are Appropriate -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. Dialogue as a Community of Inquiry -- Communities of Inquiry -- Dialogue Is Transformative -- Collaboration in High Performance Groups -- Unpacking Collaborative Policy Dialogues -- Role Playing and Drama -- Creating a Community of Inquiry -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6. Knowledge into Action: The Role of Dialogue -- How We Make Decisions in Daily Life -- Challenges for Building Informed Plans and Policies -- Purpose of the Chapter -- Exploding the Myth -- Types of Information Used in Policy Making Arenas -- How Dialogue Can Make Information Influential -- Scientific Conflicts -- Institutional Models for Addressing Scientific Conflict -- Examples of Joint Fact Finding -- Potential Roles for Dgtl Knowledge Technologies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7. Local Knowledge -- The Importance of Local and Lay Knowledge -- Multiple Knowledges -- Anxieties: Epistemology, Difference, and Uncertainty -- The Risks of Ignoring Local Knowledge -- Environmental Justice -- Strategies for Incorporating Local Knowledge -- Local Knowledge for Resilience in Complex Socio-ecological Systems: Fisheries Management -- Knowledge of the Marginalized in Collaborative Stakeholder Dialogues -- Strategies for Integrating Local with Expert Knowledge -- Relationships of Experts with Local Knowers: Typologies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8. Collaborative Governance for a Resilient Society -- The Crisis in Governance