Markets; Politics and the Environment answers three groups of question:What is planning?rsquo; and as part of this lsquo;What are its key features as a style of social practice and action?rsquo; and lsquo;How does planning as a style of social practice relate to social and economic change? How; as part of the justification for planning; might claims of valid technical knowledge be constructed? What is meant by lsquo;rationalrsquo;? What is the contribution of pragmatism as a supplement or replacement to rationalism? How might rationality and pragmatism be adapted to postmodernism and the requirements of diversity?Finally; how may concepts of planning be reoriented towards sustainable development as a collective duty? How might sustainable development be reworked in relation to planning as a means of managing and stimulating change?Each group of question is discussed in a separate chapter and is associated with different theories; debates and examples of practice. Markets; Politics and the Environment concludes that the full implications of sustainable development and climate change point in the direction of a different type of state- a green state whose future functioning can draw on planning theory but at present can only be conceived as a sketchy outline.
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