Insurgencies: essays in planning theory / John Friedmann

By:

Friedmann, John

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge, 2011. London:Description: xvi, 255 pISBN:

9780415781527

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DDC classification:

307.1216 FRI-I

Contents:

The transactive style of planning -- The epistemology of social practice -- Preface to The good society -- The mediations of radical planning -- Rethinking poverty : the dis/empowerment model -- The rise of civil society -- Planning theory revisited -- The good city : in defense of utopian thinking -- The many cultures of planning -- The uses of planning theory -- Epilogue : citizen planners in an era of limits.

Summary: This collection of Friedmann's most important and influential essays tells a coherent and compelling story about how the evolution of thinking about planning over several decades has helped to shape its practice. It is an ideal text for the study of planning theory and history.

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The transactive style of planning --
The epistemology of social practice --
Preface to The good society --
The mediations of radical planning --
Rethinking poverty : the dis/empowerment model --
The rise of civil society --
Planning theory revisited --
The good city : in defense of utopian thinking --
The many cultures of planning --
The uses of planning theory --
Epilogue : citizen planners in an era of limits.

This collection of Friedmann's most important and influential essays tells a coherent and compelling story about how the evolution of thinking about planning over several decades has helped to shape its practice. It is an ideal text for the study of planning theory and history.

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