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Planning in the Face of Power

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ISBN-10: 0520064135

ISBN-13: 9780520064133

Edition: 1988

Authors: John Forester

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Why do our best-laid plans often over-reach and under-achieve? Why do our attempts to solve problems in some rational way often run afoul of politics and power? Why do we so often accomplish so little, even as we sense that so much more is possible? By looking closely at the work of city planners,Planning in the Face of Poweraddresses these questions and provides a new way of thinking about the practical and inevitably political work of improving our neighborhoods, schools, community organizations, and the public institutions that shape our lives. Power and inequality are realities that planners of all kinds must face in the practical world. InPlanning in the Face of Power, John Forester…    
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Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/21/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 5.63" wide x 9.72" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English