Democratic Planning And Social Choice Dilemmas

Author : Tore Sager
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000152258

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Democratic Planning and Social Choice Dilemmas by Tore Sager Pdf

Using the economic approach of social choice theory, this unique book examines difficulties found in democratic processes involved in the creation and implementation of planning policies. Social choice theory focuses on the hard trade-offs to be made between rationality in decision-making on the one hand, and political values such as democracy, liberalism and freedom from manipulation on the other. As an institution can be seen as a set of rules, the focus on rules and procedures of collective choice makes social choice theory well suited for analysing important political aspects of planning institutions. Special attention is given to communicative planning and the logical reasons why all the desirable properties of dialogue cannot be simultaneously attained. The analysis provides original and significant new insights into the process and the institutions involved. It highlights weak spots of present planning techniques and procedures and suggests further steps towards institutionally enriched planning theory.

Author : Norman Schofield
Publisher : Springer
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Democracy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037924268

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Social Choice and Democracy by Norman Schofield Pdf

The mathematical theory of voting has intellectual roots extending back two centuries to the writings of Borda and Condorcet. Yet it has only been in the last forty years that general theorems have begun to emerge. With the publication of this volume, Norman Schofield brings the results together in a, common framework. SOCIAL CHOICE AND DEMOCRACY, however, is not merely a synthetic exercise, for Schofield's own work over the last decade has constituted a major initiative in deepening and' broadening our general understanding of voting arrangements. At last the results of his research, bits and pieces of which have been reported in a number of journals of international standing and in various collections, are coherently and systematically presented as an entirety. For students of democracy -- chiefly philosophers and political scientists, but increasingly economists as well -- the insights of this volume are profound. From it I infer the following.

Author : Eerik Lagerspetz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319232614

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Social Choice and Democratic Values by Eerik Lagerspetz Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive overview and critique of the most important political and philosophical interpretations of the basic results of social choice, assessing their plausibility and seeking to identify the links between the theory of social choice and the more traditional issues of political theory and philosophy. In this regard, the author eschews a strong methodological commitment or technical formalism; the approach is instead based on the presentation of political facts and illustrated via numerous real-life examples. This allows the reader to get acquainted with the philosophical and political dispute surrounding voting and collective decision-making and its links to social choice theory.

Author : Robert A. Dahl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1983-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0300173407

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Dilemmas of Pluralist Democracy by Robert A. Dahl Pdf

“Continuing his career-long exploration of modern democracy, Dahl addresses a question that has long vexed students of political theory: the place of independent organizations, associations, or special interest groups within the democratic state.”—The Wilson Quarterly “There is probably no greater expert today on the subject of democratic theory than Dahl….His proposal for an ultimate adoption here of a ‘decentralized socialist economy,’ a system primarily of worker ownership and control of economic production, is daring but rational, reflecting his view that economic inequality seems destined to become the major issue here it historically has been in Europe.”—Library Journal “Dahl reaffirms his commitment to pluralist democracy while attempting to come to terms with some of its defects.”—Laura Greyson, Worldview “Anyone who is interested in these issues and who makes the effort the book requires will come away the better for it. And more. He will receive an explanation for our current difficulties that differs considerably from the explanation for our current difficulties that differs considerably from the explanation offered by the Reagan administration, and a prescription for the future which differs fundamentally from the nostrums emanating from the White House.”—Dennis Carrigan, The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier-Journal

Author : Robin Hahnel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000392111

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Democratic Economic Planning by Robin Hahnel Pdf

Democratic Economic Planning presents a concrete proposal for how to organize, carry out, and integrate comprehensive annual economic planning, investment planning, and long-run development planning so as to maximize popular participation, distribute the burdens and benefits of economic activity fairly, achieve environmental sustainability, and use scarce productive resources efficiently. The participatory planning procedures proposed provide workers in self-managed councils and consumers in neighbourhood councils with autonomy over their own activities while ensuring that they use scarce productive resources in socially responsible ways without subjecting them to competitive market forces. Certain mathematical and economic skills are required to fully understand and evaluate the planning procedures discussed and evaluated in technical sections in a number of chapters. These sections are necessary to advance the theory of democratic planning, and should be of primary interest to readers who have those skills. However, the book is written so that the main argument can be followed without fully digesting the more technical sections. Democratic Economic Planning is written for dreamers who are disenamored with the economics of competition and greed want to know how a system of equitable cooperation can be organized; and also for sceptics who demand "hard proof" that an economy without markets and private enterprise is possible.

Author : Randall Crane,Rachel Weber
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 879 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190235260

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The Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning by Randall Crane,Rachel Weber Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning is an authoritative volume on planning, a long-established professional social science discipline in the U.S. and throughout the world. Edited by Rachel Weber and Randall Crane, professors at two leading planning institutes in the United States, this handbook collects together over 45 noted field experts to discuss three key questions: Why plan? How and what do we plan? Who plans for whom? These three questions are then applied across three major topics in planning: States, Markets, and the Provision of Social Goods; The Methods and Substance of Planning; and Agency, Implementation, and Decision Making. Covering the key components of the discipline, this book is a comprehensive, discipline-defining text suited for students and seasoned planners alike.

Author : Bernard Grofman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015029091124

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Information, Participation, and Choice by Bernard Grofman Pdf

A review of the consequences for political science of Anthony Downs's seminal work.

Author : Tore Øivin Sager
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136248597

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Reviving Critical Planning Theory by Tore Øivin Sager Pdf

Discussing some of the most vexing criticism of communicative planning theory (CPT), this book goes on to suggest how theorists and planners can respond to it. Looking at issues of power, politics and ethics in relation to planning, this book is for both critics and advocates of CPT, with lessons for all. With severe criticisms being raised against CPT, the need has arisen to systematically think through what responsibilities planning theorists might have for the end-uses of their theoretical work. Offering inventive proposals for amending the shortcomings of this widely adhered planning method, this book reflects on what communicative planning theorists and practitioners can and should do differently.

Author : Lawrence W. C Lai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136820472

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The Ideas of Ronald H. Coase by Lawrence W. C Lai Pdf

This book is the first work dedicated to the key ideas of Nobel Laureate Ronald Coase on pollution and public goods with sustainable development in mind from the perspective of an economist-town planner. The seminal contributions of Ronald Coase, foretold in the form of the Coase Theorem by another Nobel laureate, George Stigler, have been much analyzed and often misinterpreted by friends and foes alike. In this book, Lawrence Lai attempts to revisit Coase's seminal works and bring to the fore their importance in economic and urban planning policy analysis. Coase's comparative institutional approach offers an important vehicle for the analysis of pressing social issues such as sustainable development, and all those interested in the creation of new platforms for performing policy analysis will welcome this important work.

Author : Pat Devine
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1988-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015023659454

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Democracy And Economic Planning by Pat Devine Pdf

Author : Manfred J Holler,Hannu Nurmi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642359293

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Power, Voting, and Voting Power: 30 Years After by Manfred J Holler,Hannu Nurmi Pdf

The developments over a thirty-year time span in the study of power, especially voting power, are traced in this book, which provides an up-to-date overview of applications of n-person game theory to the study of power in multimember bodies. Other theories that shed light on power distribution (e.g. aggregation theory) are treated as well. The book revisits the themes discussed in the well-known 1982 publication "Power, Voting and Voting Power" (edited by Manfred J. Holler). Thirty years later this essential topic has been taken up again and many of the authors from its predecessor participate here again in discussing the state-of-the-art, demonstrating the achievements of three decades of intensive research, and pointing the way to key issues for future work.

Author : Yvonne Rydin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789813365681

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Theory in Planning Research by Yvonne Rydin Pdf

Doing research is an essential element of almost all programmes in planning studies as well as related areas such as geography and urban studies, from undergraduate, through Masters to doctoral programmes. While most texts on such research emphasise methodologies, this book is unique in addressing how theoretical frameworks and perspectives can inform research activity. Providing both a concise introduction to a wide range of such theories and detailed engagement with cases of planning research, it provides the reader with the insights necessary to conduct theory-informed research. It offers an understanding of how the choice of a theoretical framework has implications for the focus of the research, the precise research questions addressed and the methodologies that will be most effective in answering those questions. Through practical advice and published examples it will support planning researchers in doing stronger, more widely-applicable research, which answers key questions about planning systems and their role within our societies.

Author : Sigurd Bergmann,Thomas A. Hoff,Tore Sager
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317490647

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Spaces of Mobility by Sigurd Bergmann,Thomas A. Hoff,Tore Sager Pdf

Human mobility is dramatically on the rise; globalization and modern technology have increased transportation and migration. Frequent journeys over large distances cause huge energy consumption, severely impact local and global natural environments and raise spiritual and ethical questions about our place in the world. 'Spaces of Mobility' presents an analysis of the socio-political, environmental, and ethical aspects of mobility. The volume brings together essays that examine why and how modern modes of transport emerge, considering their effect on society. The religious significance of contemporary travel is outlined, namely its impact on pilgrimage, Christology and ethics. The essays examine the interaction between humans and their surroundings and question how increased mobility affects human identity and self-understanding. 'Spaces of Mobility' will be of interest to students and scholars seeking to understand the impact of mobility on modern culture and society, the ethics behind contemporary transport systems and the conditions of immigrants in a world of constant travel.

Author : Dennis C. Mueller
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004411752

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The Public Choice Approach to Politics by Dennis C. Mueller Pdf

Reproduces 26 articles on public choice and public economics by Mueller, written over 20 years. Employing the contractarian-constitutional methodology of public choice, he examines the properties of several voting methods, representational systems and questions of equity and justice.

Author : Alan March
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1138260096

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The Democratic Plan: Analysis and Diagnosis by Alan March Pdf

Despite ongoing technical and professional advances, urban and regional planning is often far less effective than we might hope. Conflicting approaches and variable governmental settings have undermined planning¿s legitimacy and allowed its goals to be eroded and co-opted in the face of mounting challenges. Deeper organising principles for self-understanding, action and productive critique are lacking. This book takes steps toward resolving these problems by providing a clear theoretical position to practically examine urban planning systems within democratic governance settings: the basis of planning¿s legitimacy and action. Joining practical planning with political science perspectives and the work of critical theorists such as Jürgen Habermas, it directly examines urban planning as a process of governance. The dilemmas inherent to democracy are used as key organising principles and challenges for planning. Collective knowledge development and steering processes are examined as the core purposes of urban planning. Communicative planning¿s grounding in the work of Habermas is revisited to develop practical ways of examining overall planning systems. This theoretical approach can be adapted to a range of planning systems and settings beyond those examined in the book, such as corporate or political realms. It is one of only a few analyses that bring together theoretical understandings and grounded and practical analyses of an Australian planning system. Conceptual and highly practical explanations of how and why the Victorian system does and doesn't ¿work¿ are revealed. The book demonstrates how specific placed-based understandings, and meaningful comparison between planning systems, can be made using critical theory to suggest positive change.