1. The Political in Governance and Planning
[Ayda Eraydin & Klaus Frey]
Part I: Existing and Emerging Paradigms on Spatial Planning and Governance: A Critical Evaluation
2. Crisis in Planning Theory: Is the Political a Way Out of the Impasse in Planning?
[Ayda Eraydin & Tuna Taan-Kok]
3. Planning and Governance: Towards Radical Political Approaches
[Rainer Randolph & Klaus Frey]
Part II: Conflict in Governance and Planning Practices: Problems of Post-Political Trends
4. Multi-Level Power Relations and Planning Conflicts in a Land of Exception: The Case of the Sughereta di Niscemi Reserve in Sicily
[Francesco Lo Piccolo, Filippo Schilleci & Vincenzo Todaro]
5. Engaging in Politics of Participation: Managing Power through Action Research
[Anl Atav, Gliz Bilgin Altnz & Neriman ahin Ghan]
6. Different Understandings of Public Interest asa Source of Conflict: Portuguese Spatial Planning and Practice
[Joana Almeida & Fernando Nunes Da Silva]
7. The Conflict between Free Market Capitalism and Social Policies: Mexican Housing Policy
[Alfonso Iracheta]
Part III: New Attempts to Overcome the Post-Political Trends in Planning and Governance
8. Shifting Political Conditions for Spatial Planning in the Nordic Countries
[Peter Schmitt & Lukas Smas]
9. Politicising the Regional Scale? The Politics of Metropolitan Governance in Germany, Canada and Brazil
[Karsten Zimmermann]
10. Local Welfare Governance and Social Innovation: The Ambivalence of the Political
Dimension
[Lavinia Bifulco & Maria Dodaro]
11. Politicisation of Community Development: Universities as Boundary Objects
[Anne Taufen]
12. A Counter-Movement to Place-Less Power: Planners as Progressive Place-Based Leaders
[Robin Hambleton]
Part IV: Reflections and Conclusions
13. Scientific Knowledge and Decision-Making in Planning: Understanding Emotional
Aspects
[Ilhan Tekeli]
14. Afterword: I Am Realistic. I Expect Miracles
[Klaus Frey & Ayda Eraydin]