1st Edition
Public Norms and Aspirations The Turn to Institutions in Action
Preface. Foreword. Chapter 1. The Evaporation of Institutions Chapter 2. Public Norms and Aspirations: The Precursors Chapter 3. Legitimacy in Action: The Logic of Pragmatism and Institutional Legality Chapter 4. How to Investigate Institutions? The Relevance of Paradigm Chapter 5. Five Paradigms of Institutional Planning Research Chapter 6. Institutions in Action: The Changing City-Region
Biography
Willem Salet is Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He chaired the group Urban Planning until 2017. He was the Scientific Director of Amsterdam study center for the Metropolitan Environment (AME) 2008-2013. He was the President of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) 2008-2010 and was awarded Honorary Membership of AESOP in 2016.
"With a deep understanding of planning and governance developed in his longstanding career as an engaged scholar, Salet draws upon various literatures––philosophy, sociology, juridical studies, political science––to improve
planning research methodology, deploying an institutionalist perspective grounded in the pragmatics of urban development and governance. In six chapters, he crafts an original and challenging discussion weaving together two distinct intellectual traditions––institutionalism and pragmatism––to understand how institutions shape and legitimize planning action, and provide it with aspiration and purpose." –Laura Lieto, Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR)"Although various useful building blocks for an institutionalist approach in planning have recently been provided by some scholars, no substantial ‘institutional turn’ has yet taken place in this field. With this book Salet embarks on a superb venture to fuel this indispensable turn, both by developing a robust and innovative theoretical framework on institutions, and by brilliantly showing the practical relevance of a new outlook on their meaning and role." –Stefano Moroni, Polytechnic University of Milano, Italy
"This book is a timely and well-grounded challenge to urban researchers and policy-makers to give more attention to the evolving institutions which shape urban governance practices and their interaction with the specific pragmatics of urban development projects and management." –Patsy Healey, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK
