Public policy is made of language. Whether in written or oral form, argument is central to all parts of the policy process. As simple as this insight appears, i

A work from leading planners and policy analysts, representing practical, theoretical and political advances in the field of planning, public administration and

Sheds new light on the ways that policy is communicatively created, conveyed, understood, and implemented

In recent years a set of radical new approaches to public policy has been developing. These approaches, drawing on discursive analysis and participatory deliber

DIVClaims that the problematic communication gap between experts and ordinary citizens is best remedied by a renewal of local citizen participation in deliberat