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Plans, pragmatism and people : The legacy of Soviet planning for today's cities

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Plans, pragmatism and people : The legacy of Soviet planning for today's cities

Sujet

Soviet, soviétique, histoire de l'urbanisme, aménagement urbain, marxisme, histoire urbaine, twentieth century, vingtième siècle, French R. Anthony

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Extract from the preface :
 
In broad terms, the thesis of this book is that a socialist city did indeed develop, but that its characteristics and thus its distinctiveness are an amalgam, on the one hand of socialist features deriving from Marxist theory which postulates a very high level of centralized state power and planned operation of the economy, and on the other hand of surviving elements of earlier capitalism and new elements of rediscovered capitalism, the whole amalgam being heavily affected by those uncontrolled and surely ideologically uncontrollable elements, the individual and technology. Moreover, the theoretical concept of a "City of Socialist Man", and the plans drawn up to bring it into being, have at every stage been focred to yield to pragmatic decisions taken to achieve immediate, shorter-term goals. This modified view, if correct, still means that the ex-Soviet cities today face a special set of circumstances that differ in a number of respects from those occurring in "capitalist" cities and which vitally affect the appearance of the city, its functioning and the way of life of its citizens.
 
Contents :
 
Preface and acknowledgements Introduction : The search for a Soviet city 1. The legacy of the pre-Soviet past 2. "The city of socialist man" 3. The realities of the Stalin period 4. Kruschchev to Gorbachev : The third phase of urban development 5. Problems of the Soviet city's legacy 6. The changing social geography of the city 7. The onset of the tyranny of the car 8. Incorporating the past into the present 9. The consequences of Soviet urban planning   R. Anthony French has edited books including 'The Socialist City' (Wiley, 1979) and 'The Post-Soviet Republics : A systematic geography' (Longman, 1995).  

Créateur

R. Anthony French

Éditeur

University of Pittsburgh Press

Date

1995

Format


233

Type

Ouvrage

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http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=31735057894416;view=toc;c=pittpress