| Description |
viii, 364 pages ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments -- 1: Planning and Professional Authority in a Liberal Society -- 2: The Quest for Institutional Authority -- 3: The Rational Protocol and Political Conflict -- 4: Research and Rationality -- 5: Making Plans -- 6: Planning Regulation -- 7: Negotiation and the Bottom Line -- 8: Organizing for Change -- 9: Racism and Planning -- 10: Research on Effective Planning -- 11: Planning Deliberation and Politics -- 12: Professional Authority: Craft, Character, and Community -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
"What do planners do? "Address issues of power, politics, and persuasion in their efforts...to pursue the public good," writes the author in the first chapter of this powerful work." "Hoch first interviewed 29 practicing planners. Then he observed each one of them at work, interacting with staff, citizens, or public officials. In What Planners Do, he tells their stories. He exposes the tension between the authority of the professional planner and the politics of the public good by taking you inside the "real world" of planning practice."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-353) and index |
| Subject |
City planners -- United States.
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City planners.
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City planning -- Decision making.
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City planning -- United States -- Decision making.
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City planning -- United States.
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| Author |
American Planning Association.
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| LC no. |
93074203 |
| ISBN |
0918286905 (paperback) |
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0918286913 |
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