Friedmann (emeritus, public affairs, U. of California at Los Angeles) collects 10 papers and book chapters produced between 1973 and 2010 that detail the development of his thinking about the
role of planning theory in international urban and regional development strategies. Among the topics addressed are the impact of neoliberal policies on planning, anarchism and the moral
foundations of a good society, the contribution of the left to the political history of planning ideas, the role of non-market use values in strategies of alternative development, the
possibilities of NGOs for promoting alternative development, the role of utopian thinking in planning, and global and regional varieties in planning culture. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc.,
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