Paul O’Hare is a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. He conducts research on community engagement with urban resilience, and in local governance and decision-making. His current research is with flood action groups and planning protest groups across Greater Manchester and beyond.

• Preface. 1: The problem with participation. 2: The scale and scope of public participation. 3: The public interest and interested public: who participates in planning? 4: Seizing the right to participate. 5: Typologies and types of participation and stakeholder engagement. 6: The authenticity of participation. A few final words.

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Paul O’Hare is a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. He conducts research on community engagement with urban resilience, and in local governance and decision-making. His current research is with flood action groups and planning protest groups across Greater Manchester and beyond.

• Preface. 1: The problem with participation. 2: The scale and scope of public participation. 3: The public interest and interested public: who participates in planning? 4: Seizing the right to participate. 5: Typologies and types of participation and stakeholder engagement. 6: The authenticity of participation. A few final words.

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Paul O’Hare is a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. He conducts research on community engagement with urban resilience, and in local governance and decision-making. His current research is with flood action groups and planning protest groups across Greater Manchester and beyond.

• Preface. 1: The problem with participation. 2: The scale and scope of public participation. 3: The public interest and interested public: who participates in planning? 4: Seizing the right to participate. 5: Typologies and types of participation and stakeholder engagement. 6: The authenticity of participation. A few final words.

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