TY - BOOK AU - Bherer, Laurence, ed. AU - Gauthier, Mario, ed. AU - Simord, Louis, ed. TI - The professionalization of public participation SN - 978-1--138-63812-9 U1 - 323.042 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Routledge, KW - Political participation KW - case studies KW - Political activists KW - Case studies N1 - Includes index N2 - Contents: Introdroduction: the public administration professional : an invisible but pivotal in parcipatory process-- Innovating public participation: the role of PPPs and institution ij Italy--The participatory Democracy market in France: between standardization and fragmentation--Public participation in the US : confronting challenges of equity and empowerment--Who's the client? the sponsor, citizen or the participatory process? tensions in the Quebec public participatory feild-- Expertise, professionalization, reflexivity in mediating participation: perspective from STS ER -