What Planners Do: Power, Politics, and PersuasionWhat do planners do? To find out, Charles Hoch interviewed 29 practicing planners and observed how they interacted with staff, citizens, and public officials. In What Planners Do, he tells their stories. The most effective planners have more than just technical skills. They also possess political and organizational savvy. You'll learn how planners employ the arts of resistance, innovation, and persuasion while working in the trenches of local government; how they respond to the moral and political conflicts that pervade their profession; and how they balance individual autonomy and social responsibility. Written in an accessible style, this book is must reading for all those intrigued by what planners do. |
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... Federal land condemnation , however , was challenged by property owners . The lower courts ruled that federal condemnation was an intrusion on state authority . In many cases the Supreme Court upheld these decisions , which further ...
... federal level , as a form of local executive authority . THE GROWTH OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PLANNING Professional city planning as a government activity grew only slightly during the 1930s and 1940s . With the federal government's ...
... federal grants economy . This competition increased the number and intensity of fiscal disparities and land use disputes among local governments , especially between the cen- tral city and the suburbs . In effect , the New Deal planning ...
Contents
The Quest for Institutional Authority | 23 |
The Rational Protocol and Political Conflict | 45 |
Research and Rationality | 75 |
Copyright | |
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