Hillier, Jean; Healey, Patsy (Eds.) (2008). Critical essays in Planning Theory (vol. 1 - Foundations of the planning enterprise; vol. 2 - Political economy, diversity and pragmatism; vol. 3 - Contemporary movements in planning theory). Aldershot: Ashgate.
This three-volume set provides an authoritative collection, in an accessible form, of the most important and influential articles and papers on planning theory. While acknowledging that this discipline draws on a diverse range of intellectual inspirations and influences, the papers included are specifically focussed on the planning field. These volumes are organised in a broadly chronological sequence, with major bodies of thought grouped together.
Each volume includes a substantial introduction reviewing the specific content of that volume and brief introductions are also provided for each section within the volume
Volume 1: Foundations of the Planning Enterprise: Contents: Introduction, Jean Hillier and Patsy Healey; Part I The 'Project' of Planning Theory: Introduction, Patsy Healey and Jean Hillier; 2 centuries of planning theory: an overview, J. Friedmann; What is planning theory?, A Faludi; If planning is everything maybe it's nothing, A. Wildavsky; Dilemmas in a general theory of planning, M.M. Webber and H. Rittel ; Comparison of current planning theories: counterparts and contradictions, B. Hudson; Theoretical debates in planning: towards a coherent dialogue, P. Healey, G. McDougall and M. Thomas Towards a new typology of urban planning theories, O. Yiftachel; Without a net: modernist planning and the postmodern abyss, R. Beauregard; New directions in planning theory, S. Fainstein. Part II Inspirational Precursors: Introduction Jean Hillier and Patsy Healey; The town-country magnet, E. Howard; Civics: as concrete and applied psychology, P. Geddes; The myth of megalopolis, L. Mumford; Introduction: TVA and democratic planning, P. Selznick; Planning and democracy F. A. Hayek ; The concept of social control: planning as the rational mastery of the irrational, K. Mannheim. Part III Planning as Rational Scientific Management: Introduction, Patsy Healey and Jean Hillier; A choice theory of planning, P. Davidoff and T.A. Reiner; The science of 'muddling through', C.E. Lindblom; The guidance and control of change: physical planning as the control of complex systems, J.B. McLoughlin; The rationale of planning theory, A. Faludi; Advocacy and pluralism in planning, P. Davidoff; Social planning, social planners and planned societies, J. Dyckman; A ladder of citizen participation, S.R. Arnstein ;Examining the policy-action relationship, S. Barrett and C. Fudge; Foundations, John Friend and Allen Hickling; Re-examining the international diffusion of planning, S. Ward; Index.
Volume 2: Political Economy, Diversity and Pragmatism: Contents: Introduction, Jean Hillier and Patsy Healey: Part 1 Critical Political Economy: Introduction, Jean Hillier and Patsy Healey; Urban planning in theory and practice: a reappraisal, Allen Scott and S.T. Roweis; The theory of capitalist underdevelopment, Andre Gunder Frank; New debates in urban planning: the impact of Marxist theory in the United States, Susan Fainstein and Norman Fainstein; On planning the ideology of planning, David Harvey; In search of spatial order, Christine Boyer; The kind of problem a city is, Jane Jacobs; Dilemmas of equity planning: a personal memoir, Norm Krumholz; Collective consumption and urban contradictions in advanced capitalism, Manuel Castells; The recovery of territorial life, John Friedmann and Clyde Weaver. Part 2 The Turn to Diversity: Introduction, Jean Hillier and Patsy Healey; Postmodernism and planning, Michael Dear ; Between modernity and postmodernity: the ambiguous position of US planning, R.A. Beauregard ; Feminist theory and planning theory: the epistemological linkages, L. Sandercock and A. Forsyth; Planning history and the black urban experience: linkages and contemporary implications, June Manning Thomas ; Planning and social control: exploring the dark side, O. Yiftachel; Planning, Peter Marris; Environmental ethics and the field of planning: alternative theories and middle-range principles, T. Beatley The historical roots of ecological modernisation, Maarten Hajer. Part 3 Critical Pragmatism: Introduction, Pat Healey and Jean Hillier; 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, T.L. Harper and S.M. Stein; Pragmatic rationality and planning theory, N. Verma; A pragmatic inquiry about planning and power, C. Hoch; Aristotle, Foucault and progressive phronesis, Bent Flyvberg; Index.
Volume 3: Contemporary Movements in Planning Theory: Contents: Introduction, Jean Hillier and Patsy Healey; Part 1 Communicative Practices and the Negotiation of Meaning: Introduction, Jean Hillier and Patsy Healey; The transactive style of planning, John Friedmann; Understanding planning practice, John Forester; A planner's day, P. Healey; The argumentative or rhetorical turn in planning, J.A. Throgmorton; Planning theory's emerging paradigm: communicative action and interactive practice, J. Innes; Strategies, processes and plans, Patsy Healey; Consensus-building as role-playing and bricolage, J. Innes and D. Booher; Communicative planning theory: a Foucauldian assessment, R. Fischler; Strife: urban planning and agonism, J. Pløger; Conflicting rationalities: implications for planning theory and practice, V. Watson. Part 2 Networks, Institutions and Relations: Introduction, Patsy Healey and Jean Hillier; Postscript: a manifesto for a progressive networked urbanism, Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin; Network power for collaborative planning, D. Booher and J.»
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Carlos Nunes Silva (2010). recensão / book review
In European Planning Studies, vol. 18 (3): 497-499.
