Planning and Conflict Critical Perspectives on Contentious Urban Developments [Hardcover]

Planning and Conflictdiscusses the reasons for conflicts around urban developments and analyzes their shape in contemporary cities. It offers an interdisciplinary framework for scholars to engage with the issue of planning conflicts, focusing on both empirical and theoretical inquiry.

By reviewing different perspectives for planners to engage with conflicts, and not simply mediate or avoid them, Planning and Conflictprovides a theoretically informed look forward to the future of engaged, responsive city development that involves all its stakeholders.

Section 1: Introduction to the volume  1. Conflict in the City: Democratic, Emancipatory  and Transformative? In Search of the Political in Planning Conflicts - Enrico Gualini  2. Space, Politics and Conflicts: A Review of Contemporary Debates in Urban Research and Planning Theory - Enrico Gualini and Irene Bianchi  Section 2: Dynamics of Contention and Collective Mobilisation in Planning Conflicts  Introduction to section two - Enrico Gualini  3. What Makes a Protest (Not) Happen? The Fragmented Landscape of Post-Political Conflict Culture - Samuel M?ssner and Luis del Romero  4. Urban Planning without Conflicts? Observations on the Nature and Conditions for Urban Contestation in the Case of Milan - Carolina Pacchi and Gabriele Pasqui  5. A Muddled Landscape of Conflicts: What we can Learn about Planning/Conflict Relationships from the Story of Tor Marancia, Rome, and its Unexpected Shift - Barbara Pizzo and Giacomina Di Salvo  Section 3: Knowledge, Power and Hegemony: Exploring the Governmentality of Planning Conflicts  Introduction to section three - Enrico Gualini  6. Conflict in the Face of Planning? Power, Knowledge, and Hegemony in Planning Practice - Donald Leffers  7. Planners Amidst the Storm: Planning andl6