Benefits

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Benefits of a cultural perspective

Seven reasons why it's useful to apply a cultural perspective to policy making and evaluation.

Identifies the aspirations and values of communities as being at the foundation of society;
Opens a pathway for the active voices of communities to be heard;
Facilitates the processes used to discuss our futures, evaluate our pasts, and act in the present;
Provides the intellectual tools with which contemporary planning concepts can be integrated;
Improves the theoretical planning model;
Improves the capacity for public expression to affect planning processes;
Improves the integration of public program management.