The View from Below

by Susan S. Fainstein, Norman Fainstein

This is a terrific book of readings from its time. . . . I used this when teaching Urban Politics many years ago. It has essays in the following poverty and race, urban services and social welfare, strategies for planning, and strategies for political movements.

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Susan S. Fainstein (born 1938) is a political theorist and scholar of urban planning. Her research and writing has focused on the distributive effects of urban development strategies and megaprojects, the role of democracy and community control in local public institutions, and establishing a moral theory of "the just city."

A member of the urban planning faculties of Columbia University and Rutgers University for most of her career, Fainstein is now a research scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Reviews

[Steven Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a terrific book of readings from its time. . . . I used this when teaching Urban Politics many years ago. It has essays in the following categories: poverty and race, urban services and social welfare, strategies for change: planning, and strategies for change: political movements.

It has a perspective, and some readers may not appreciate that. But that perspective is also something that students can react to--whether in agreement or disagreement, and the book did spark animated discussion.