HEN662 Public Participation in Sustainable City Planning

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Jaroslav Biolek (lecturer)
Mgr. Milan Hrubeš, DiS., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Chalupská (lecturer)
Mgr. Radoslava Krylová (lecturer)
Martin Nawrath (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D. (deputy)
Milan Štefanec (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Veronika Išová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
each even Thursday 9:45–13:00 U33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 16 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/16, only registered: 0/16, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/16
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The main goal is to introduce defferent approaches of civic participation and discuss its positive amd negative aspects. Course is divided into theoretical and practical part. Theoretical part will present academic writings about public participation and developing discusion about this subject. Practical part will focus on adaptation of participative methods into praxis with focus on sustainable city planning. This will be done via practical trainings and workshops. Its goal is to show importance of public participation as well as its potential for misuse.
Learning outcomes
Student will know the theoretical discussion about civic participation, incl. risks of participation, will be able to evaluate the quality of the participative process and plan the process using a variety of methods.
Syllabus
  • A BLOCK ……………………………………………………………………….. 1. Todays Democracy: Introduction Representation, Legitimacy and Democracy (Milan Hrubeš) 2. Deliberative and Participatory Democracy Institutionalization and Participative Democracy (Milan Hrubeš) B BLOCK………………………………………………………………………. 3. Participation in praxis and its Consequences including Misusing (Milan Hrubeš) 4. Political Activism in the Czechia: Individual vs. Collective Participation (Milan Hrubeš) C BLOCK ……………………………………………………………………….. 5. a 6. Campaign Planning (Milan Štefanec) D BLOCK ……………………………………………………………………….. 7. Good Practice Examples (Radoslava Krylová a hosté) 8. Planning of Participative Process (Martin Nawrath) E BLOCK …………………………………………………………………………… 9. Methods of Problem Identification and Opportunities in Public Space (Radoslava Krylová, Jaroslav Biolek) 10. Organizational and Technical Providing of Public Hearing (Hana Chalupská) F BLOCK……………………………………………………………………………. 11. Facilitation (TBA) 12. Facilitation (TBA)
Literature
    required literature
  • DELLA PORTA, Donatella. Can democracy be saved? : participation, deliberation and social movements. First published. Cambridge: Polity, 2013, xi, 224. ISBN 9780745664606. info
  • Participatory democracy and political participation : can participatory engineering bring citizens back in? Edited by Thomas Zittel - Dieter Fuchs. New York: Routledge, 2006, xv, 234. ISBN 9780415371865. info
  • DELLA PORTA, Donatella. Can democracy be saved? : participation, deliberation and social movements. First published. Cambridge: Polity, 2013, xi, 224. ISBN 9780745664606. info
  • BARBER, Benjamin R. Strong democracy : participatory politics for a new age. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003, xxxvi, 320. ISBN 0520242335. info
  • CÍSAŘ, Ondřej. Politický aktivismus v České republice : sociální hnutí a občanská společnost v období transformace a evropeizace. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. 1.vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK), 2008, 187 s. ISBN 9788073251680. info
  • NAVRÁTIL, Jiří and Miroslav POSPÍŠIL. Dreams of Civil Society Two Decades Later: Civic Advocacy in the Czech Republic. Online. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 107 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6732-5. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-6732-2014. Čítárna Munispace info
  • Habermas, J. 2002: Tři normativní modely demokracie. In Teorie demokracie dnes. Praha: Filosofia, s. 79 - 95-
  • CINI, L.2011. Between Participation and Deliberation: Toward a New Standard for Assessing Democracy? Paper presented at the 9th Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy. Pavia
  • ARAGONÉS, E. & SÁNCHEZ-PAGÉS, S. 2009. A theory of participatory democracy based on the real case of Porto Alerge. European Economic Review (onlin, vol. 53, issue 1, pp. 56-72.
  • GAVENTA, J. BARRET, G. 2010. So What Differnce Does it Make? Mapping the Outcomes of Citizen Engagement. University of Sussex: The Institute of Development Studies, pp. 9-60.
    recommended literature
  • WATES,N. 2000. The Community Planning Handbook: How People Can Shape Their Cities, Towns and Villages in Any Part of the World. Vyd. 1. New York: Earthscan, 230 s. Dostupné na http://library.uniteddiversity.coop/REconomy_Resource_Pack/Community_Assets_a
  • Day, C. & Parnell, R., 2003. Consensus Design: Socially inclusive process. Oxford: Architectural Press. Dostupné na https://archive.org/stream/Consensus_Design_Socially_inclusive_process#page/n0/mode/1up
  • Jefferson Center, 2004. Citizen Jury Handbook. The Jefferson Center. Dostupné na https://jefferson-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Citizen-Jury-Handbook.pdf
  • Design charrettes for sustainable communities. Edited by Patrick M. Condon. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2008, xviii, 172. ISBN 1597260533. info
  • HUŠKOVÁ, B. et al. Angažovaně offline aneb Čtyři praktické zkušenosti, jak se plánuje se zapojením veřejnosti. Brno: Nesehnutí, 2016, 40 s. ISBN 978-80-87217-22-1. Dostupné na http://www.obcanskeoko.cz/files/2016/03/Angazovane_offline.pdf
  • PÁNEK, J. et al. GeoParticipace: Jak používat prostorové nástroje v rozhodování o lokalitách, ve kterých žijeme?. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014, 76 s. ISBN 978-80-244-4359-1. Dostupné na http://www.development.upol.cz/wp-content/
Teaching methods
- lectures, workshops, trainings, field trainings
Assessment methods
- submision of 2 homeworks, theoretical text, 70% attendance
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019.
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