Frank Fischer is Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University on the Newark campus and a member of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in New Brunswick.

"This is a very carefully crafted work that asks critical questions rarely asked well in policy studies and utilizes literatures not typically read in policy analysis circles. In doing so, Fischer effectively challenges the dominant mode of organization in advanced industrial society. A masterfully-executed study."--Timothy W. Luke, Virginia Polytechnic and State University at Blacksburg "An impressive, interesting, and multifaceted work. Fischer provides the reader with a wide and fascinating range of theoretical and policy-oriented materials, weaves in real life problems of public participation (or lack thereof) from around the world, and effectively brings together important concerns."--Alan Mandell, State University of New York, Empire State College