Simone Abram & Gisa Weszkalnys 
Elusive Promises [EPUB ebook] 
Planning in the Contemporary World

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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 r...

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Table of Content

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Notes on contributors

Chapter 1. Elusive promises: Planning in the Contemporary World An Introduction
Simone Abram and Gis...

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About the author


Gisa Weszkalnys is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics. Her book, Berlin, Alexanderplatz: Transforming Place ...

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 196 ● ISBN 9780857459169 ● File size 4.5 MB ● Editor Simone Abram & Gisa Weszkalnys ● Publisher Berghahn Books ● City NY ● Country US ● Published 2013 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2822080 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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