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- catalog abstract ""Planning as Persuasive Storytelling is a revealing look at the world of political conflict surrounding the Commonwealth Edison Company's ambitious nuclear power plant construction program in northern Illinois during the 1980s. Examining the clash between the utility, consumer groups, community-based groups, the Illinois Commerce Commission, and the City of Chicago, Throgmorton argues that planning can best be thought of as a form of persuasive storytelling. A planner's task is to write future-oriented texts that employ language and figures of speech designed to construct constituencies that the planner's vision is both desirable and feasible. Though seeking to persuade, the planner must also remain open to transformation through honest engagement with contending stories. Juxtaposing stories about efforts to construct Chicago's electric future, Planning as Persuasive Storytelling suggests a shift in how we think about planning. In order to account for the fragmented and conflicted nature of contemporary American life and politics, that shift would be away from "science" and the "experts" and toward persuasive storytelling by diverse authors"--Page 4 of cover.".
- catalog contributor b9062843.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description ""Planning as Persuasive Storytelling is a revealing look at the world of political conflict surrounding the Commonwealth Edison Company's ambitious nuclear power plant construction program in northern Illinois during the 1980s. Examining the clash between the utility, consumer groups, community-based groups, the Illinois Commerce Commission, and the City of Chicago, Throgmorton argues that planning can best be thought of as a form of persuasive storytelling. A planner's task is to write future-oriented texts that employ language and figures of speech designed to construct constituencies that the planner's vision is both desirable and feasible. Though seeking to persuade, the planner must also remain open to transformation through honest engagement with contending stories. Juxtaposing stories about efforts to construct Chicago's electric future, Planning as Persuasive Storytelling suggests a shift in how we think about planning. In order to account for the fragmented and conflicted nature of contemporary American life and politics, that shift would be away from "science" and the "experts" and toward persuasive storytelling by diverse authors"--Page 4 of cover.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-300) and index.".
- catalog description "The irony of modernist planning -- The argumentative or rhetorical turn in planning -- The modernist institution and rhetoric of regulated natural monopoly -- Commonwealth Edison's ambitious nuclear power expansion plan, 1973-1986 -- The best deal for Illinois consumers? Assessing Commonwealth Edison's "Negotiated settlement" -- Edison completes its nuclear power expansion plan, but who will pay for the last of It? -- Precinct captains at the nuclear switch? Exploring Chicago's electric power options -- Survey research as a trope in electric power planning arguments -- Precinct captains at the nuclear switch? The mayor's hand turns up empty -- Frozen in a passionate embrace: allocating pain, allocating blame -- The Plateau in the web: planning as persuasive storytelling within a web of relationships.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 313 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226799638 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0226799646 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "New practices of inquiry".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area.".
- catalog subject "333.79/32/097311 20".
- catalog subject "Commonwealth Edison Company.".
- catalog subject "Electric power Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area Planning.".
- catalog subject "Electric utilities Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area.".
- catalog subject "HD9685.U7 C698 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "The irony of modernist planning -- The argumentative or rhetorical turn in planning -- The modernist institution and rhetoric of regulated natural monopoly -- Commonwealth Edison's ambitious nuclear power expansion plan, 1973-1986 -- The best deal for Illinois consumers? Assessing Commonwealth Edison's "Negotiated settlement" -- Edison completes its nuclear power expansion plan, but who will pay for the last of It? -- Precinct captains at the nuclear switch? Exploring Chicago's electric power options -- Survey research as a trope in electric power planning arguments -- Precinct captains at the nuclear switch? The mayor's hand turns up empty -- Frozen in a passionate embrace: allocating pain, allocating blame -- The Plateau in the web: planning as persuasive storytelling within a web of relationships.".
- catalog title "Planning as persuasive storytelling : the rhetorical construction of Chicago's electric future / James A. Throgmorton.".
- catalog type "text".