Doing Democracy Up-Close: Culture, Power, and Communication in Community Planning

2006

By: , Xavier De Souza Briggs

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Social Equity

This book chapter examines the process of community planning to better understand the communication codes and power relations that drive face-to-face interaction. It warns that planners must have effective analytical skills, not just the right values, to meaningfully democratize community development projects.