1st Edition

Dialogical Planning in a Fragmented Society Critically Liberal, Pragmatic, Incremental

By Thomas L. Harper, Stanley Stein Copyright 2006
374 Pages
by Routledge

374 Pages
by Routledge

374 Pages
by Routledge

The 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 design-specifically, how it can be applied to planning procedures and problems. Neo-pragmatism is an approach that... Read more

Introduction I PLANNING SHOULD GIVE UP THE MODERNIST PARADIGM 1 The Crisis in Modernist Planning 2 Modernistic ("Rational") Planning, PLANNING SHOULD BE PRAGMATIC 3 Two Responses to Modernism: Postmodernism or Neopragmatism 4 Out of the Postmodern Abyss: Postmodernist Themes III PLANNING SHOULD BE CRI'TICALLY LIBERAL 5 Classical Liberalism and Planning 6 A Critical Liberal Perspective DIALOGICAL PLANNING IN A FRAGMENTED SOCIETY 7 Pragmatic Incrementalist Planning IV PLANNING SHOULD RECOGNIZE AN EMERGING WAY 8 A Dialogical Planning Approach 9 A Dialogical Planning Approach: Critiques and Questions 10 Dialogical Planning in Practice V PLANNING SHOULD AvOID MODERNIST AND POSTMODERNIST TRAPS VI The Search for Clear Categories and Universal Principles 12 The Radical Paradigm Shift 13 The Multicultural Trap (Relativism) 14 The Rejection of Theory 15 Power, Trust, and Planning 16 Conclusion: Key Strengths of Dialogical Planning

Biography

Thomas L. Harper (Edited by) ,  Stanley M. Stein (Edited by)