Abram, Simone and Weszkalnys, Gisa, eds. (2013) Elusive promises: planning in the contemporary world. Dislocations. , 11 Berghahn Books, New York, USA. ISBN 9780857459152
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Planning in contemporary democratic states is often understood as a range of activities, from housing to urban design, regional development to economic planning. This volume sees planning differently—as the negotiation of possibilities that time offers space. It explores what kind of promise planning offers, how such a promise is made, and what happens to it through time. The authors, all leading anthropologists, examine the time and space, creativity and agency, authority and responsibility, and conflicting desires that plans attempt to control. They show how the many people involved with planning deal with the discrepancies between what is promised and what is done. The comparative essays offer insight into the expected and unexpected outcomes of planning (from visionary utopias to bureaucratic dystopia or something in-between), how the future is envisioned at the outset, and what actual work is done and how it affects people’s lives.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Official URL: | http://www.berghahnbooks.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Berghahn Books |
| Divisions: | Anthropology |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD100 Land Use |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2013 16:28 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 05:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/48274 |
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