The Routledge Handbook of Institutions and Planning in Action

Both philosophical pragmatism and institutional innovation rest on wide international uses in social sciences and planning studies, and may be considered as complementary for many reasons. However, the combination of these different approaches is all but evident and creates a number of dilemmas. After an encompassing introductory section entitled Institutions in Action, the handbook is further divided into the following sections:

• Institutional innovation
• Pragmatism: The Dimension of Action
• On Justification
• Cultural and Political Institutions in Action
• Institutions and Urban Transition