Technocracy Versus Democracy: The Comparative Politics of International Airports

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The authors examine the decision-making process regarding airport development in Canada, the United States, Britain, France, and Italy, the role of airport development experts, the nature of citizen participation, and the bureaucratic response to public protest. Their research methodology is sound and thorough, and their writing is fluid and comprehensible.-The Annals of the American Academy
This comparative analysis of airport siting provides some significant insights into the problems of policymaking when politics and technology meet head-on. Not only is the book instructive and well crafted, it is even interesting.-Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
"This comparative analysis of airport siting provides some significant insights into the problems of policymaking when politics and technology meet head-on. Not only is the book instructive and well crafted, it is even interesting."-Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
"The authors examine the decision-making process regarding airport development in Canada, the United States, Britain, France, and Italy, the role of airport development experts, the nature of citizen participation, and the bureaucratic response to public protest. Their research methodology is sound and thorough, and their writing is fluid and comprehensible."-The Annals of the American Academy

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ch /f Jerome