Rationality and Power Democracy in Practice

Bent Flyvbjerg, BT Professor and Chair of Major Programme Management Bent Flyvbjerg — 1998

In the Enlightenment tradition, rationality is considered well-defined. However, the author of this study argues that rationality is context-dependent, and that the crucial context is determined by decision-makers' political power. He uses a real-world Danish project to illustrate this theory.