Dialogical Planning In A Fragmented Society: Critically Liberal, Pragmatic, IncrementalThe culmination of a critical study of neo-pragmatism philosophy and its application to planning, Dialogical Planning in a Fragmented Society begins with philosopher Stanley M. Stein's examination of neo-pragmatism and his thoughts on how it can be useful in the field of environmental designâ specifically, how it can be applied to planning procedures and problems. Neo-pragmatism is an approach that has been, in the past, best expressed or implied in the writing of Hilary Putnam, Richard Rorty, and, in particular, Donald Davidson, John Rawls, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Thomas L. Harper furthers this tradition by providing the context for this theoretical application from his academic background in economics and management as well as his practical experience with political decision-making processes, community planning, and economic development. The result is a fresh synthesis of ideasâ a new approach to thinking about planning theory and its implications for, and relationship with, practice. Philosopher Michael Walzer has asserted that "philosophy reflects and articulates the political culture of its time, and politics presents and enacts the arguments of philosophy." Similarly, the authors view planning theory as planning reflected upon in tranquility, away from the tumult of battle, and planning practice as planning theory acted out in the confusion of the trenches. Each changes the other in a dynamic way, and the authors demonstrate the intimate and inextricable link between them. |
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... Urban Policy Research Book CENTER FOR URBAN POLICY RESEARCH Second printing 2012, by Transaction Publishers Copyright © 2006 by.
... Urban and Regional Planning , and the annual Canadian Policy and Plan- ning . A member of the Canadian Institute of Planners , he has consulted for government , community , and private - sector clients and has served on boards and ...
... Urban Policy Research . CHAPTER 6 Portions of chapter 6 contain material revised from the following sources : ⚫T . L. Harper and S. M. Stein ( 1992 ) , The centrality of normative ethical theory to contemporary planning theory ...
... Urban Policy Research . CHAPTER 7 Portions of chapter 7 contain material revised from S. M. Stein and T. L. Harper ( 1997 ) , Pragmatic incrementalist planning in post - modern society : A normative justification . Planning Theory 18 ...
... urban design , planning for urban functions ( housing , transportation , parks , recreation , infrastructure ) , economic and community development planning , social planning ( social service delivery Introduction xvii.
Contents
3 | 43 |
Postmodernist Themes | 63 |
5 | 81 |
A Critical Liberal Perspective | 94 |
Pragmatic Incrementalist Planning | 118 |
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9 | 144 |
Critiques and Questions | 157 |
12 | 221 |
13 | 240 |
14 | 254 |
Power Trust and Planning | 263 |
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Endnotes | 288 |
Glossary | 303 |
References | 316 |
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