Elusive Promises

Elusive PromisesPlanning in contemporary democratic states is often understood as a range of activities, from housing to urban design, regional development to economic planning. This volume sees planning differentlyas the negotiation of possibilities that time offers space. It explores what kind of promise planning offers, how such a promise is made, and what happens to it through time. The authors, all leading anthropologists, examine the time and space, creativity

authoritarian populism

Maurice Pialat is frequently compared to such legendary filmmakers as Jean Renoir and Rebert Bresson

and Bamboo explores the tremendous wealth of newly unearthed artifacts and manuscripts that have been revolutionizing the study of early China

the painter Jean-Michel Basquiat

feminist theory and philosophy makes a valuable contribution to the task of re-reading and reassessing this enormously influential text

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Delwin Brown

The Letchworth State Park Atlas includes over one-hundred pages of maps that shine new light on the nature

Marcel Proust

the actual functioning of decision-making groups

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Kennedy's acceptance speech at the 1960 Democratic National Convention