Planning in the Face of Power
- ISBN-10
- 0520064135
- ISBN-13
- 9780520064133
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 283
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- John Forester
Description
Power and inequality are realities that planners of all kinds must face in the practical world. In 'Planning in the Face of Power', John Forester argues that effective, public-serving planners can overcome the traditional--but paralyzing--dichotomies of being either professional or political, detached and distantly rational or engaged and change-oriented. Because inequalities of power directly structure planning practice, planners who are blind to relations of power will inevitably fail. Forester shows how, in the face of the conflict-ridden demands of practice, planners can think politically and rationally at the same time, avoid common sources of failure, and work to advance both a vision of the broader public good and the interests of the least powerful members of society.
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