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Progressive Planning Magazine back issues Summer 2008 Table of Contents

Summer 2008 Citizenship, Democracy and Public Space

Feature Articles An Attack on Iran Would Be a Global Disaster: Why Urban Planners Once Again Need to Reject Unprovoked War by Michael Dudley Democratizing Tourism, Illuminating Power: A People’s Guide to Los Angeles by Laura Barraclough and Wendy Cheng. […]

July 28, 2008October 3, 2012 Progressive Planning Magazine back issues, Summer 2008, Table of Contents

Summer 2008

Playing Out Democracy in MacArthur Park: Spatial Struggles in the Everyday Use of Public Space

By Kelly Main MacArthur Park is one of downtown Los Angeles’ largest and most historic public spaces. Located just a few miles west of City Hall and the corporate centers on Bunker Hill, the neighborhood in which the park is […]

July 3, 2008October 3, 2012 Summer 2008

Summer 2008

Human Rights Activists and the Struggle for Urban Territories in Buenos Aires

By Susana Kaiser Since their irruption into the public sphere in 1977 in the midst of a military dictatorship, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (mothers of desaparecidos) pioneered the redefinition of the word public, which is at the core […]

July 3, 2008October 3, 2012 Summer 2008

Summer 2008

Citizenship, Democracy and Public Space

By Clara Irazábal Public spaces are privileged sites for the enactment and contestation of various stances on democracy and citizenship in the public sphere. Indeed, the public sphere, as the intangible realm for the expression, reproduction and recreation of a society’s […]

July 3, 2008October 3, 2012 Summer 2008

Summer 2008

An Attack on Iran Would Be a Global Disaster: Why Urban Planners Once Again Need to Reject Unprovoked War

By Michael Dudley As the United States was preparing for its military assault on Iraq in 2003, Planners Network issued a statement, “Urban Planners Oppose the War in Iraq” (Reprinted in PN 155). Among the considerations in this statement were […]

July 3, 2008October 3, 2012 Summer 2008

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Property Asset Manager – The Neighbourhood Land Trust (Toronto, Canada)

Job Application Deadline: May 03 2023 at 5:00 pm Job Title: Property Asset Manager Reports to: Executive Director Work Week: 37.5 hours/week Contract: 1 year with opportunity for renewal Start Date: ASAP. Salary: Starting salary between $68,000 – $82,000 Benefits: […]

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• Position Title: COMMUNITY ENGAGED PUBLIC POLICY/PLANNING RESEARCH MANAGER • Employer’s Name: Just Cities Institute • Job Location (City, State): Berkeley, California • Job description: Just Cities seeks a compassionate public policy/urban planning researcher and project manager with experience in […]

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