Planning with Complexity - 9781138552050

Taylor & Francis

Planning with ComplexityAn Introduction to Collaborative Rationality for Public Policy\nAuthor(s): Judith E. Innes, David E. Booher\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138552050, 978-1138552050\nSynopsis\nIn an era of rapid change, uncertainty, and hyperpartisanship, when wicked problems abound, tools for solving public problems are more essential than ever. The authors lay out a new theory for collaborative practice in planning, public administration, and public policy. Planning with Complexity provides both theoretical underpinnings and extensive case material on collaboration and offers ways of understanding and conducting effective practice. Collaborative rationality means collaboration that is inclusive, informed, grounded in authentic dialogue, and that results in wise and durable outcomes. \n\nThe scholar-practitioner author team builds on more than 40 years of research, teaching, and practice addressing envi.