{"product_id":"critical-theory-public-policy-and-john-forester-9780791414460","title":"Critical Theory, Public Policy, and Planning Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eToo often attacked as hopelessly abstract, contemporary critical social theory can help us to understand both public policy and its analysis. In this book, John Forester shows how policy analysis, planning, and public administration are thoroughly political communicative practices that subtly and selectively organize public attention. Drawing from Jürgen Habermas's critical communications theory of society, Forester shows how policy developments alter the social infrastructure of society. He provides a clear introduction to critical social theory at the same time that he clarifies the practical and political challenges facing public policy analysts, public managers, and planners working in many fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Forester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791414469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791414460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.16w x 0.64d","brand":"John Forester","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202165031167,"sku":"9780791414460","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_129468d6-3380-4bc7-bd74-4f467db111a2.jpg?v=1756819818","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/critical-theory-public-policy-and-john-forester-9780791414460","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}