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100 1 0 _aWelch, Edward
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245 0 0 _aObjects of Dispute
260 _c2018.
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520 _aDuring the presidency of Charles de Gaulle (1958–1969), state-led spatial planning transformed the Paris region. The aim of the Schéma directeur d’aménagement et d’urbanisme de la région de Paris (1965) was to improve urban life through modernization; but its scale and ambition meant that it came to represent the hubris of state power. This article examines the role of discourse and narrative in state planning. It explores the role of planning discourses in the production of space, as well as stories told about planning by the planners and those who live with their actions. It investigates perceptions of power in post-war France, placing the Gaullist view of the state as a force for good in the context of contemporary critiques of state power. Addressing the relationship between power, resistance, and critique, it sees the environments produced by spatial planning as complex objects of dispute, enmeshed in conflicting hopes and visions of the future.
690 _adiscourse
690 _aCergy-Pontoise
690 _apower
690 _astate planning
690 _aPaul Delouvrier
690 _aGaullism
786 0 _nFrench Politics, Culture & Society | 36 | 2 | 2018-06-06 | p. 103-125 | 1537-6370
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-french-politics-culture-and-society-2018-2-page-103?lang=en
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