Interrogating planning's power in an African city: Time for reorientation?

Planning Theory

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-88

  Kamete, Amin Y ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disciplinary power; Foucault; Harare; pastoral power; planning; power; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARGINALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATE ROLE; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING;

HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84856271774     PISSN: 14730952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473095211419116     Document Type: Article

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