Planning Futures : New Directions for Planning Theory (Hardcover)

Introduction. 1. The Post-Positivist Landscape of Planning Theory. Part One: Planning Thoughts and Perspectives. 2. Collaborative Planning: From Theoretical Foundations to Practice Forms. 3. Planning and Foucault: In Search of the Dark Side of Planning Theory. Part Two: Planning Praxis and Interfaces. 4. Personal Dynamics, Distinctive Frames and Communicative Planning. 5. Values and Professional Identities in Planning Practice. 6. Direct Action and Agonism in Democratic Planning Processes. 7. Governmentality, Gender, Planning: A Foucaudian Perspective. Part Three: Planning Movements and Trajectories. 8. A Pragmatic Attitude to Planning. 9. Planning and the Postmodern Turn. 10. A Hayekian Liberal Critique of Collaborative Planning. Conclusions. 11. Communicative Planning, Collaborative Planning and the Post-Positivist Planning Theory Landscape. References.