CRP 7190 Special Topics: Planning Theory and Politics LEC 002 CRP AR 18486

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1 CRP 7190 Special Topics: Planning Theory and Politics LEC 002 CRP AR Fall 2014 Variable credits (Letter grade or S/U) M 2:00 4:30, SBL 208 Professor Mildred Warner PhD Assistant: Yunji Kim Is planning a science or art? Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. defined city planning as the intelligent control or guidance of the physical form of the city, in its entirety 1 while scholars like Frederich von Hayek and Peter Gordon have critiqued central planning for ignoring individual preferences. Still others, like Michel Foucault and James Scott have questioned the claims of rational planning that devalue local knowledge. The debate continues, but one thing is certain: planning is a human activity and cannot ignore politics. Planning is also an activity that has real consequences on people s lives. Thus it is essential for planning scholars to know the theories of planning as well as theories of how planning impacts society. This course will expose students to theories about cities, planning, and the social implications of planning in cities. In detail, the course will cover theories of the city and planning; public finance, economic development, and growth; democracy and citizenship; inequality; neoliberalism; and power and conflict. Learning goals This course is a PhD seminar that focuses on the understanding of advanced theories in planning. In particular, the course will focus on critical thinking and reading skills. Students will gain proficiency in presenting, discussing, and synthesizing advanced planning theories. During weeks when there is no guest lecturer, a student (designated in advance) will 1 Weber, Rachel, and Randall Crane. "Planning as Scholarship: Origins and Prospects." The Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning. Eds. Weber, Rachel and Crane Randall. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Page 1 / 5

2 take responsibility for moderating the discussion. This will help students gain experience in managing, as well as participating, in academic discussions. Course structure & Assignments This is a graduate student seminar that requires intensive reading and thoughtful reflection in preparation for meetings. Each student will choose one reading to summarize for the next week. These summaries should highlight the key points of the reading. A short critique or questions may be included at the end of the summary. These summaries will be circulated among the entire group via no later than 24 hours before class. Students should read these summaries in preparation for the seminar. In general, sessions will be moderated by students, except when guest lecturers are invited. Guest lecturers will be scholars who have expert knowledge of the material covered for that week. For students receiving 4 credits, there will be a short reflection paper required at the end of the semester. The paper should show how you plan to use the theories to study your research question. The purpose is to help students synthesize the materials discussed in this course and to help thinking about dissertation projects and/or A exams. Course Outline 1. Week of Sep. 8: The City and Planning I Marcuse, Peter. "From critical urban theory to the right to the city." City (2009): Campbell, S. and S. Fainstein (2003) Introduction: The structure and debates of planning theory. Readings in Planning Theory. S. Campbell and S. Fainstein, Eds. Malden, MA: Blackwell: Fainstein, S. and S. Campbell. (2011) Introduction: Theories of urban development and their implications for policy and planning. Readings in Urban Theory. S. Fainstein and S. Campbell, Eds. Blackwell: Weber, R. and R. Crane (2012) Ch. 1 Planning as scholarship: origins and prospects. Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning. Weber and Crane, Eds. New York, NY: Oxford University Press: Sager, Tore. "Planners' Role: Torn between Dialogical Ideals and Neo-Liberal Realities." European planning studies 17.1 (2009): Page 2 / 5

3 Webster, Christopher J, and Lawrence Wai-Chung Lai. Property Rights, Planning and Markets: Managing Spontaneous Cities. Edward Elgar Publishing, Week of Sep. 15: The City and Planning II Frug, Gerald E. City making: Building communities without building walls. Princeton University Press, Hall, P. Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century. Wiley, Week of Sep. 22: Public Finance, Economic Development, and Growth (TBD, Mike Manville) Logan, John R, and Harvey Luskin Molotch. Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place. University of California Press, Molotch, Harvey. "The city as a growth machine: Toward a political economy of place." American journal of Sociology (1976): Alm, James, Gary H. McClelland, and William D. Schulze. "Why Do People Pay Taxes?" Journal of Public Economics 48.1 (1992): Week of Sep. 29: Democracy and Citizenship I (Victoria Beard) James Holston (Ed.). (1999). Cities and citizenship. Duke University Press. Dahl, R.A. A Preface to Democratic Theory, Expanded Edition. University of Chicago Press, Print. Holston, J. (2008). Insurgent citizenship: Disjunctions of democracy and modernity in Brazil. Princeton University Press. Fung, A., & Wright, E. O. (2001). Deepening democracy: innovations in empowered participatory governance. Politics and society, 29(1), Dryzek, J. S. (2000). Deliberative democracy and beyond: liberals, critics, contestations. Oxford University Press. Beard, V.A Citizen Planners: From Self-Help to Political Transformation, in Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning, eds., R. Weber and R. Crane, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp Week of Oct. 6: Democracy and Citizenship II Dewey, John. "The Public and Its Problems. Athens." OH: Swallow Press/Ohio (1954). Page 3 / 5

4 Wolin, Sheldon S. Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism (New in Paper). Princeton University Press, 2010 Macpherson, C. B.(1977). The life and times of liberal democracy (Vol. 3). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 6. Week of Oct. 13: FALL BREAK 7. Week of Oct. 20: Inequality (TBD, Bill Goldsmith) Soss, Joe, Richard C. Fording, and Sanford Schram. Disciplining the poor: Neoliberal paternalism and the persistent power of race. University of Chicago Press, Soss, Joe, and Lawrence R. Jacobs. "The Place of Inequality: Non-participation in the American Polity." Political Science Quarterly (2009): Week of Oct. 27: Neoliberalism I (Peter Wissoker) Readings on financialization Brenner, Neil, and Nikolas Theodore. "Cities and the Geographies of "Actually Existing Neoliberalism"." Spaces of Neoliberalism: Urban Restructuring in North America and Western Europe. Eds. Brenner, Neil and Nikolas Theodore. MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Davies, Jonathan. "Rethinking Urban Power and the Local State: Hegemony, Domination and Resistance in Neoliberal Cities." Urban Studies (2013): Harvey, D. (2006). Spaces of global capitalism. Verso. 9. Week of Nov. 3: Neoliberalism II (TBD) Polanyi, The Great Transformation Newman, Janet. "Landscapes of Antagonism: Local Governance, Neoliberalism and Austerity." Urban studies (2013): Purcell, Mark. Recapturing Democracy: Neoliberalization and the Struggle for Alternative Urban Futures. Routledge, Purcell, Mark. "Resisting Neoliberalization: Communicative Planning or Counter-Hegemonic Movements?" Planning Theory 8.2 (2009): Week of Nov. 10: Power and Conflict I (Barbara Lynch) Gramsci Pre-prison writings Prison Notebooks Page 4 / 5

5 11. Week of Nov. 17: Power and Conflict II (John Forester) Habermas The theory of Communicative Action Habermas, J., C. Cronin, and P. De Greiff. The Inclusion of the Other: Studies in Political Theory. Polity Press, Print. 12. Week of Nov. 24: Power and Conflict III (Silvano) Foucault, Biopolitics 13. Week of Dec. 1: Power and Conflict IV (Neema Kudva) Foucault Scott, J. C. (1998). Seeing like a state: How certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed. Yale University Press. Flyvbjerg, Bent. Ideal Theory, Real Rationality: Habermas Versus Foucault and Nietzsche. Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Print. Flyvbjerg, Bent. "Rationality and power." Readings in planning theory (2003): Page 5 / 5

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