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Issues

Publications

About IFAS Leadership Development: Defining Public Issues (PDF)-Elizabeth B. Bolton, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First published: September 1986. Reviewed: January 1996

About IFAS Leadership Development: Getting Involved in Public Affairs (PDF)-Elizabeth B. Bolton, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First published: September 1986. Reviewed: January 1996

Community Consensus (slide show)-North Carolina State Cooperative Extension Service

Community Voices A Multi-State Leadership Development Project (North Carolina, Arkansas, Texas, Alabama)-Contact: Dr. Claudette Smith, School of Agriculture and Environmental and Allied Sciences, North Carolina State A&T University

Coping with Change: Public Policy Education-Its Role in Community Change (PDF)-Revised April 1993 by James C. Barron, Department of Agricultural Economics, and Emmett P. Fiske, Organizational Effectiveness Specialist, Washington State University; originally prepared in 1979 by Bruce Florea, Extension Economist Washington State University-Western Rural Development Center

Federal Spending and Economic Growth in Southeastern Nonmetropolitan Counties (PDF)-F. Carson Mencken, TVA Rural Studies Publications, February 2000

Guide for a Public Issues Gathering: What Do We Really Expect from Health Care Reform? (PDF)-University of Kentucky Extension Task Force on Health and Safety, 1997

Guidelines for Public Issues Education (PDF)-Jerri Cockrel, Home Economics Extension Specialist, University of Kentucky; Ronald J. Hustedde, Associate Extension Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky; Craig L. Infanger, Extension Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky; Sally Mineer, Extension Agent for Home Economics, Lewis County-University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service

How to Influence Public Decisions (PDF)-Sue E. Williams, Family Policy and Energy Specialist, and Larry Sanders, Policy and Public Affairs Specialist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Industrialized Animal Agriculture, Environmental Quality, and Strategies for Collaborative Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution (PDF)-Proceedings of a Regional Workshop, edited by William M. Park, University of Tennessee-SRDC Series #208, December 1997

Public Problem Analysis (PDF)-Adapted by Lionel J. Beaulieu, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, June 1992. This section is adapted with minor editorial changes from Community Affairs Series No. 1 by Sam M. Cordes, published by The Pennsylvania Sate University, College of Agriculture Extension Service

The Social Action Process:A Key to Successful Community Problem-Solving Activities (PDF)-Lionel J. Beaulieu, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, June 1992

Related Websites

Collaborative Decision Resources

Conflict Research Consortium

Consensus Building Institute

Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute-University of Florida

International Association of Public Participation

Mediation Network of North Carolina

Mediator Resources

Natural Resources Leadership Institute-North Carolina State University

Policy Consensus Initiative

Public Dispute Resolution Program-Institute of Government, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Public Issues Education Sites-North Carolina State University

Public Issues Education-North Carolina State University

Public Issues Education-National Public Issues Education Task Force

RESOLVE-Center for Environmental and Public Policy Dispute Resolution

Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution

Texas Risk Management Education Program-Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M University System

USDA Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center

US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution

Training Curricula

Mapping the Assets of Your Community: A Key Component for Building Local Capacity-SRDC Series #227, June 2002

Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Public Conflict Resolution-SRDC Series #221, Ronald J. Hustedde, University of Kentucky

Conferences/Trainings

Strengthening the Rural-Urban Connection
November 9-11, 2000
Eufala, Alabama

Smart Growth in the Rural South
May 13-14, 2003
Lexington, Kentucky


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