Democratic Planning and Social Choice Dilemmas: Prelude to Institutional Planning TheoryUsing 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. |
Contents
DEMOCRACY RATIONALITY AND PLANNING | 17 |
Balancing the Procedural Values | 44 |
Decision Cycles in Two Transport Planning Cases | 85 |
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advocacy planning advocate planner agenda formation aggregation amalgamation arguments Arrow conditions Arrow's theorem assessment chapter choice set client communicative rationality conflict consensus consistency cost-benefit analysis decision cycles decision procedure deliberation deliberative deliberative democracy Delphi democracy democratic dialogical decision procedure dialogue dilemma discussed economic effects evaluation techniques example expert Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem goals Gråkallbanen Hammond Hence hierarchy Hobøl impact implementation important impossibility theorem incentive scheme incrementalism institutions interest jurisdictions liberal paradox loyalty manipulation modes of planning motorists options organization organizational profiles outcome Paretian Pareto efficient Pareto principle participants personal sphere planning agency planning alternatives planning modes planning process planning style planning theory political possible preference orderings problem proposals public planning rank-based reason recommendations restrictions road rule Sager Sen's theorem social choice theory social decision social decision-making solution strategy strategy-proof structured group processes synoptic planning toll tram tramline transport Trondheim unanimity unrestricted scope voting