{"product_id":"cities-for-citizens-isbn-9780471977094","title":"Cities for Citizens","description":"In an era of the globalization of finance, production and distribution networks, cities have become increasingly competitive. The business environments preferred by such international investment impact on the lives of citizens, on urban spaces, services, amenities and infrastructure. In the fight for the future of our cities, civil society has now entered the fray. Whether resisting the intrusion of both state and corporate economy into the life of neighbourhoods and communities or working with both government and the private sector in managing urban affairs, civil society lays claim to inclusion in a more democratic politics of planning. This political shift is refashioning planning. Planning is now recognized as more than simply a state regulatory process; it has become a political activity, central to the struggle towards more liveable cities. Cities for Citizens brings together leading names in planning today. The contributors present an international range of case studies - from the USA, Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific - which ground the exploration of ideas in the realities and struggles of everyday life. Partial table of contents:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PLANNING AND THE RISE OF CIVIL SOCIETY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Planning and Civil Society in the Twenty-first Century: An Introduction (P. Marris).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The New Political Economy of Planning: The Rise of Civil Society (J. Friedmann).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PRACTICE OF PLANNING.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Learning Democratic Practice: Distributing Government Resources Through Popular Participation in Porto Alegre, Brazil (R. Abers).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Local Environmental Conflicts in Latin America: Changing State-Civil Society Relations in Chile (F. Sabatini).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THEORETICAL DEBATES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Death of Modernist Planning: Radical Praxis for a Postmodern Age (L. Sandercock).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Empowering Civil Society: Habermas, Foucault and the Question of Conflict (B. Flyvbjerg).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Convivial Cities (L. Peattie).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Endnotes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e List of Figures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e List of Tables.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Contributors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.  \u003cp\u003eMike Douglass and John Friedmann are the authors of Cities for Citizens: Planning and the Rise of Civil Society in a Global Age, published by Wiley.  In an era of the globalization of finance, production and distribution networks, cities have become increasingly competitive. The business environments preferred by such international investment impact on the lives of citizens, on urban spaces, services, amenities and infrastructure. In the fight for the future of our cities, civil society has now entered the fray. Whether resisting the intrusion of both state and corporate economy into the life of neighbourhoods and communities or working with both government and the private sector in managing urban affairs, civil society lays claim to inclusion in a more democratic politics of planning. This political shift is refashioning planning. Planning is now recognized as more than simply a state regulatory process; it has become a political activity, central to the struggle towards more liveable cities. Cities for Citizens brings together leading names in planning today. The contributors present an international range of case studies - from the USA, Latin America, Europe and Asia-Pacific - which ground the exploration of ideas in the realities and struggles of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Academy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988923072741,"sku":"NP9780471977094","price":71.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471977094.jpg?v=1761782066","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/cities-for-citizens-isbn-9780471977094","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}