Democracy Deferred

Civic Leadership After 9/11

By: D. Woods

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Hardcover | 15 February 2012 | Edition Number 1

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212 Pages

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The day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks destroyed New York’s World Trade Center, civic leaders began to organize four coalitions that aimed to give ordinary citizens a chance to meet, to heal, and to be heard in rebuilding decisions. This book tells the inside story of the civic renewal movement they founded, including their motives, their methods, the obstacles they faced, and the lessons their five-year effort offers for the future. Using participant observation as a leader of these civic renewal efforts, interviews with thirty-six civic leaders, and data from public archives, this book is all those who are interested in public decision-making, democratic participation, and the question of whether ordinary citizens’ voices were heard in Lower Manhattan rebuilding decisions after 9/11.

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"In Democracy Deferred, David W. Woods relates a story of civic engagement from his personal perspective as a participant observer. ... This book ... raise the important strategic question about how citizens can influence decision making in representative democracy. ... most appropriate for graduate students in urban planning who are focused on a career in civic engagement as well as those studying urban sociology." (Lynne B. Sagalyn, Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol.38 (1), March, 2018)

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