Life Space and Economic Space: Third World Planning in Perspective

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Friedmann perceives a global crisis which he traces to the dissolution of territorial relations. This he believes results from penetration of the global system of markets into the remotest corners of the world, undermining tradition cultures and ways of life. The consequence is incipient breakdown, he asserts, and we need to repoliticize space and subordinate the power of capital to the collective will of people organized to work toward common ends. This deliberately provocative collection of essays includes an autobiographical fragment providing contextual information about the author. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Urbanization in the Global Economy Chapter 1: On the Contradictions Between City and Countryside Chapter 2: The Crisis of Transition: A Critique of Strategies of Crisis Management Chapter 3: World City Formation Chapter 4: Life Space and Economic Space: Contradictions in Regional Development Chapter 5: The Barrio Economy and Collective Self-Empowerment in Latin America Part II: Spatial Aspects of National Planning Chapter 6: The Spatial Organization of Power in the Development of Urban Systems Chapter 7: Urban Bias in Regional Development Chapter 8: The Active Community: Toward a Political-Territorial Framework for Rural Development in Asia Chapter 9: Political and Technical Moments in Planning: Agropolitan Development Revisited Chapter 10: Planning in Latin America: From Technocratic Illusion to Open Democracy Part III: Epilogue Chapter 11: The Crisis of Belief Appendix to Chapter 2: “ The Crisis of Transition” : An Exchange A. Mr. Friedmann’s Development NightmareMartin Bronfenbrenner B. Mr. Friedmann’s ‘Crisis’: A Reluctant RebuttalGustav Ranis C. The Crisis of Transition: A Brief RejoinderHans Singer D. A Rejoinder to Bronfenbrenner, Singer, and RanisJohn Friedmann Index