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_d55782
020 _a9781405192767
082 _a307.1216
_bABR
100 _aAbram, Simone Ed.
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245 _aElusive promises : planning in the contemporary world
260 _aNew York
_bBerghahn books
_c2013
300 _aviii,187p.
505 _aCONTENTS List of figures Acknowledgements vii Notes on contributors Chapter 1. Elusive promises: Planning in the Contemporary World An Introduction 1 Simone Abram and Gisa Weszkalnys Chapter 2. Utopian Time and Contemporary Time: Temporal Dimensions of Planning and Reform in the Norwegian Welfare State 35 Halvard Vike Chapter 3. Hypercomplexity in collective planning: a case of railway design 57 Åsa Boholm Chapter 4. The Invaded City: Structuring an Urban Landscape on the Margins of the Possible (Peru’s Southern Highlands) 77 Sarah Lund Chapter 5. Tenure Reformed? State, society and the landless in South Africa 97 Deborah James Chapter 6. Redeeming the Promise of Inclusion in the Neoliberal City: Grassroots Contention in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 117 John Gledhill Chapter 7. Even Governmentality Begins as an Image: Institutional Planning in Kuala Lumpur 137 Richard Baxstrom Chapter 8. Making a River of Gold: Speculative State Promises and Personal Promises in the Post-Liberalisation Governance of the Hooghly 155 Laura Bear Bibliography 179 Index 182
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700 _aWeszkalnys, Gisa Ed.
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890 _aUSA
891 _aGratis
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