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Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 19, No. 4, 343-350 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X0001900403

Communicate This! Does Consensus Lead to Advocacy and Pluralism?

Michael Neuman

Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University; neuman{at}archone.tamu.edu

This article preseints a critique of communicative planning theory. especially its consensus based variatrion. Limitations in communicative planning theory are pinpointed. ConlselnsLIs processes as practiced anid theorized in the UnitedStates tend to be divorced fromn powei-, to shun iroportanit issoLes,anid to result in genieral and thin agreements. Consensus pi-o- cesses also rely oni position-based an-d interest- based methods that overlook norms and meaning. Finally, commuLnicative planning theory has focussed on words and niot iml- ages a severe shortcoming in a society wherc images exert a dominating influenice. Recent literatures on images are briefly examined, and a question about the shape of a moi-e rich anid


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