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Speaking Truth to Power

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  • Pierre Clavel

    (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

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City planners (including e-planners) have at times sought to “speak truth to power,” as when the interests of poor neighborhoods' needs to preserve jobs and housing confront real estate developers promoting urban renewal schemes to replace existing homes and factories with upscale appartments and shopping malls. The planners have tools – writing, speaking, and the array of ICT devices they can employ. But they face powerful forces – not only developers, but builders, investors, professionals, city officials and media. This article – set in 1980s and 1990s Chicago -- presents the story of an alternative approach – an organizer who built a coalition of neighborhoods and employers that prevailed over a period of years. It may be a metaphor for more contemporary times. Can e-planners learn from such an example?

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  • Pierre Clavel, 2014. "Speaking Truth to Power," International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), IGI Global, vol. 3(1), pages 16-22, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jepr00:v:3:y:2014:i:1:p:16-22
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