“This book doesn’t just tell, it shows how real-world politics oozes around the planning table. These case studies are gritty and complex—excellent for class discussion that gets beneath the usual gloss of program development.”--Tara Fenwick, associate professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta

“Cervero and Wilson recognize the need of practitioners for concrete advice about how to approach common planning tasks, but they also do a fine job of blending these practical concerns with a thorough and thoughtful political analysis of useful cases from their own planning experience.”--Thomas J. Sork, professor of adult education, University of British Columbia

“The authors’ unrelenting adherence to the real stories of planners as they negotiate interests and power cannot help but strike a responsive chord among practitioners for whom the political and ethical dimensions of planning can not longer be ignored.”--Tom Heaney, National-Louis University