ABSTRACT
Issues are inherently rhetorical (textual, discursive, multivocal) and originally were postulated to be contestable questions of fact, value, or policy. The concept of (strategic) issues management (SIM) came into public relations and management literature in the 1970s, but over time, issues management expanded to include issues of identity and identification. Now, as a conceptual update, this chapter adds and discusses another issue type of contestable matter: place. Place is defined as a portion of physical, digital, or socially constructed space available or designated for or being used by someone, and as a concept, it allows us to advance our understanding and knowledge of issues management practice and theory. Place, in issues management, enables us to address more fully pressing contemporary issues.
