On Wed, March 19, 1997 at 20:57:38 (PST) Rosser Jr, John Barkley writes:
...
What is your solution to the problem of aggregating
upwards of the participatory planning process? I see your
approach as working well in localized situations and
worker-managed situations, etc. But, how about
to the problem of aggregating
upwards of the participatory planning process? I see your
approach as working well in localized situations and
worker-managed situations, etc. But, how about as higher
level issues are to be determined over larger and broader
areas? How is the participatory process
Robin Hahnel writes: In both macro institutions -- like
participatory planning -- and micro institutions like workers and
consumers councils there are better and worse ways to organize
equitable cooperative decision making. Debates about such
procedures should be at the top of progressive
Paul Phillips' remarks on participatory planning (as passed along by
Jim Devine) betray a lack of familiarity with the sort
of participatory methods commonly employed in low-income countries
today. Perhaps there are other "participatory" methods out there
with which I am
This is in response to Allin Cottrell and Chris Barrett's
response to my original posting on the Yugoslav planning
experience.
Cottrell (I admit I have not read their book) does not seem
to be describing what I mean by "participatory planning", which
was a political process involv
Paul Phillips' remarks on participatory planning (as passed along by
Jim Devine) betray a lack of familiarity with the sort
of participatory methods commonly employed in low-income countries
today. Perhaps there are other "participatory" methods out there
with which I am
This is in response to Allin Cottrell and Chris Barrett's
response to my original posting on the Yugoslav planning
experience.
Cottrell (I admit I have not read their book) does not seem
to be describing what I mean by "participatory planning", which
was a political process involv
d was over. It was not really suprising,
therefore, that the plan goals were never achieved.
IMHO, the model of democratic participatory planning at the micro
level is an unattainable, utopian dream. (This does not mean
that I am either opposed to macro planning or participatory
democracy/socialism --
d was over. It was not really suprising,
therefore, that the plan goals were never achieved.
IMHO, the model of democratic participatory planning at the micro
level is an unattainable, utopian dream. (This does not mean
that I am either opposed to macro planning or participatory
democracy/socialism --
