The professionalization of public participation / edited by Laurence Bherer, Mario Gauthier, and Louis Simard.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the public participation professional : an invisible but pivotal actor in participatory processes / Laurence Bherer, Mario Gauthier & Louis Simard -- Innovating public participation : the role of ppps and institutions in Italy / Rodolfo Lewanski & Stefania Ravazzi -- The participatory democracy market in France : between standardization and fragmentation / Alice Mazeaud & Magali Nonjon -- Public participation professionals in the US : confronting challenges of equity and empowerment / Caroline W. Lee -- Who's the client? : the sponsor, citizens, or the participatory process? tensions in the Quebec (Canada) public participation field / Laurence Bherer, Mario Gauthier & Louis Simard -- Expertise, professionalization and reflexivity in mediating public participation : perspectives from STS and British science and democracy / Jason Chilvers -- Making it official : participation professionals and the challenge of institutionalizing deliberative democracy / Oliver Escobar -- Negotiating professional boundaries : learning from collaboration between academics and deliberation practitioners / David Kahane & Kristjana Loptson -- Making citizen panels a "universal bestseller" : transnational mobilization practices of public participation advocates / Nina Amelung & Louisa Grabner -- Learning to facilitate : implications for skill development in the public participation field / Kathryn S. Quick & Jodi R. Sandfort -- Conclusion / Laurence Bherer, Mario Gauthier & Louis Simard.