1st Edition

Shadows of Power An Allegory of Prudence in Land-Use Planning

By Jean Hillier Copyright 2002
364 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

368 Pages
by Routledge

Shadows of Power examines public policy and in particular, the communicative processes of policy and decision-making. It explore the important who, how and why issues of policy decisions. Who really takes the decisions? How are they arrived at and why were such processes used? What relations of power may be revealed between the various participants? Using stories from planning practices, this... Read more
Part One: Into the Shadows. Part Two: The Last Character: Shadow Talk: Conversations with Habermas and Foucault. Part Three: Chiaroscuro Practice: Part Four: Show Negotiations. Part Five: Out From the Shadows. Part Six: Shadow Play.

Biography

Jean Hillier is Professor of Urban and Regional Studies at Curtin University of Technology, Perth and Director of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (WA).