Explorations in Planning Theory

by Mandelbaum, Seymour J.; Mazza, Luigi; Burchell, Robert W.

• ISBN13: 9780882851532
• ISBN10: 0882851535
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Center for Urban

Summary

What is this thing called planning? What is its domain? What do planners do? How do they talk? What are the limits and possibilities for planning imposed by power, politics, knowledge, technology, interpretation, ethics, and institutional design? In this comprehensive volume, the foremost voices in planning explore the foundational ideas and issues of the profession. Explorations in Planning Theory is an extended inquiry into the practice of the profession. As such, it is a landmark text that defines the field for today's planners and the next generation. As Seymour J. Mandelbaum notes in the introduction, "the shared framework of these essays captures a pervasive interest in the behavior, values, character, and experience of professional planners at work." All of the chapters in this volume are written to address arguments that are important in the community of planning theoreticians and are crafted in the language of that community. While many of the contributors included here differ in their styles, the editors note that students, experienced practitioners, and scholars of city and regional planning will find this work illuminating and helpful in their research.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction
Seymour J. Mandelbaum
The Talk of the Community	xi
Part I Designing a Domain for Planning Theory
Introduction	3	(7)
Luigi Mazza
Two Centuries of Planning Theory: An Overview	10	(20)
John Friedmann
A Pragmatic Inquiry about Planning and Power	30	(15)
Charles Hoch
After Rationality: Towards a Contingency Theory for Planning	45	(20)
Ernest Alexander
Rationality, Critical Rationalism, and Planning Doctrine	65	(18)
Andreas Faludi
Open Moral Communities	83	(33)
Seymour J. Mandelbaum
Commentary
Advocating Preeminence: Anthologies as Politics	105	(8)
Robert A. Beauregard
Part II The Latitude of Planners
Introduction	113	(3)
Seymour J. Mandelbaum
Planning and Political Power: Toward a Strategy for Coping	116	(18)
Micheal P. Brooks
Meaning, Not Interest: Motivation for Progressive Planning	134	(17)
Bishwapriya Sanyal
Thatcherism and the Swedish ``Model'': Center/Local Relationships in Urban Planning	151	(13)
Andy Thornley
Group Processes and the Social Construction of Growth Management: Florida, Vermont, and New Jersey	164	(40)
Judith Eleanor Innes
Commentary
The Latitude of Planners	188	(13)
Glen McDougall
Part III The Planning Encounter and the Plan
Introduction	201	(3)
Seymour J. Mandelbaum
The Rationality of Listening, Emotional Sensitivity, and Moral Vision	204	(21)
John Forester
What Do Planners Do in the United States?	225	(16)
Charles Hoch
Argument, Power, and Passion in Planning Practice	241	(22)
John Forester
The Communicative Work of Development Plans	263	(26)
Patsy Healey
Deconstructing the Discourse of Planning	289	(23)
Jean Hillier
Commentary
Examining the Planning Practice Conscious(ness)	299	(10)
Helen Liggett
Part IV The Status and Use of Knowledge
Introduction	309	(3)
Seymour J. Mandelbaum
Planning as Creative Interpretation	312	(16)
Giovanni Ferraro
Our Town: Foucault and Knowledge-based Politics in London	328	(17)
Judith Allen
``Impeaching'' Research: Planning as Persuasive and Constitutive Discourse	345	(20)
James A. Throgmorton
Practicing Planning Theory in a Political World	365	(35)
Howell S. Baum
Commentary
The Dark Side of Planning: Rationality and ``Realrationalitat''	383	(14)
Bent Flyvbjerg
Part V The Status and Use of Ethics
Introduction	397	(3)
Luigi Mazza
On the Use of Models in Planning Ethics	400	(14)
Sue Hendler
Postmodernist Planning Theory: The Incommensurability Premise	414	(16)
Thomas L. Harper
Stanley M. Stein
Ethical Mandates and the Virtue of Prudence	430	(32)
Seymour J. Mandelbaum
Commentary
The Systemic Nature of Professional Ethics	448	(11)
Niraj Verma
Part VI Designing Planning Processes
Introduction	459	(3)
Seymour J. Mandelbaum
Planning and the Design and Use of Forums, Arenas, and Courts	462	(21)
John M. Bryson
Barbara C. Crosby
Planning Technologies and Planning Theories	483	(14)
Britton Harris
Planning and Institutional Design	497	(26)
Richard S. Bolan
Commentary
Designing Planning Processes	514	(9)
John Friend
Contributors	523	(4)
Index	527