Political Economy, Diversity and Pragmatism

Contents: Introduction; Part I Critical Political Economy: Introduction; Urban planning in theory and practice: a reappraisal, A.J. Scott and S.T. Roweis; The thesis of capitalist underdevelopment, Andre Gunder Frank; New debates in urban planning: the impact of Marxist theory in the United States, Norman I. Fainstein and Susan S. Fainstein; On planning the ideology of planning, David Harvey; In search of a spatial order, Christine M. Boyer; The kind of problem a city is, Jane Jacobs; Dilemmas of equity planning: a personal memoir, Norman Krumholz; The recovery of territorial life, John Friedmann and Clyde Weaver. Part II The Turn to Diversity: Introduction; Postmodernism and planning, M.J. Dear; Between modernity and postmodernity: the ambiguous position of US planning, R.A. Beauregard; Feminist theory and planning theory: the epistemological linkages, Leonie Sandercock and Ann Forsyth; Planning history and the black urban experience: linkages and contemporary implications, June Manning Thomas; Planning and social control: exploring the dark side, Oren Yiftachel; Planning, Peter Marris; Environmental ethics and the field of planning: alternative theories and middle-range principles, Timothy Beatley; The historical roots of ecological modernisation, Maarten A. Hajer. Part III Critical Pragmatism: Introduction; From technical rationality to reflection-in-action, Donald Schon; Understanding planning practice: an empirical, practical and normative account, John Forester; A classical liberal (libertarian) approach to planning theory, Thomas L. Harper and Stanley M. Stein; Pragmatic rationality and planning theory, Niraj Verma; A pragmatic inquiry about planning and power, Charles Hoch; Aristotle, Foucault and progressive phronesis: outline of an applied ethics for sustainable development, Bent Flyvbjerg; Name index.