The domains of planning and governance politics have until recently been thought of as separate spheres each signified and represented by linked yet distinct set of actors that is professional career practitioners and elected politicians and by different yet intersecting values and inclinations especially with regards to public opinion and participation. Learning civil societies provides insights for developing a critical methodology for studying civil societies and their formations and suggests that new organizational mechanisms within and outside civil societies must be created if more democratic forms of planning and governance are to emerge be revitalized and become institutionalized in the coming decades. Note 5 retrouvez learning civil societies shifting contexts for democratic planning and governance green college thematic lecture series by penny gurstein 2007 05 12 et des millions de livres en stock sur amazonfr achetez neuf ou doccasion. Learning civil societies shifting contexts for democratic planning and governance edited by penny gurstein leonora angeles january 2007 publisher university of toronto press. Learning civil societies shifting contexts for democratic planning and governance edited by penny gurstein and leonora angeles