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Susan S. Fainstein

Susan S. Fainstein

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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38
Citations
14745
World Ranking
5774
National Ranking
2736

Overview

Susan S. Fainstein is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the broad field of social sciences, with specific contributions in urban studies, political science and international relations, sociology and political science, finance, and the history and philosophy of science.

The scientist's work addresses a number of interconnected topics including urban planning and governance, populism and right-wing movements, electoral systems and political participation, housing, finance, and neoliberalism, as well as migration, ethnicity, economy, labor dynamics, and the political and economic history of the UK and US.

Susan S. Fainstein has published multiple papers in a range of academic journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • The Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America, 2021, Planning Theory & Practice
  • Right-wing populism and urban planning, 2023, Journal of Urban Affairs
  • Resistance and Response in Planning, 2023, Planning Theory & Practice
  • ACSP Distinguished Educator, 2011: Peter Marcuse, 2022, Journal of Planning Education and Research
  • Thinking like an economist: How efficiency replaced equality in U.S. public policy, by Elizabeth Popp Berman, 2022, Journal of Urban Affairs

The most frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
  • Journal of Urban Affairs
  • Planning Theory & Practice
  • Journal of Planning Education and Research
  • Planning Theory

Collaboration is an aspect of their scholarly activity, with frequent coauthors including Johannes Novy, John Forester, Kevin Lujan Lee, Tiara R. Na'puti, and Julian Agyeman.

Best Publications

  • The Just City

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • New Directions in Planning Theory

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • The tourist city

    Dennis R. Judd;Susan S. Fainstein

  • The City Builders: Property, Politics, and Planning in London and New York

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • Divided Cities: New York & London in the Contemporary World

    Susan S. Fainstein;Ian Gordon;Michael Harloe

  • Readings in Planning Theory

    Scott Campbell;Susan S. Fainstein

  • Cities and Diversity: Should We Want It? Can We Plan For It?

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • Restructuring the City: The Political Economy of Urban Redevelopment

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • The City Builders: Property Development in New York and London, 1980-2000

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • Planning Theory and the City

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • Mega-projects in New York, London and Amsterdam.

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • The New Mega‐Projects: Genesis and Impacts

    Fernando Diaz Orueta;Susan S. Fainstein

  • Urban political movements;: The search for power by minority groups in American cities

    Norman I. Fainstein;Susan S. Fainstein

  • Readings in Urban Theory

    Susan S. Fainstein;Scott Campbell

  • Cities and visitors : regulating people, markets, and city space

    Lily M. Hoffman;Susan S. Fainstein;Dennis R. Judd

  • Resilience and Justice

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • Promoting Economic Development Urban Planning in the United States and Great Britain

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • Competitiveness, Cohesion, and Governance: Their Implications for Social Justice

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • Gender and planning : a reader

    Susan S. Fainstein;Lisa J. Servon

  • Resilience and Justice: Debates and Developments

    Susan Fainstein

  • Readings in Planning Theory: Fourth Edition

    Susan S. Fainstein;James DeFilippis

  • Planning and the Just City

    Susan S. Fainstein

  • Urban Policy Under Capitalism

    Norman I. Fainstein;Susan S. Fainstein

  • Clearing the Way: Deconcentrating the Poor in Urban America

    Susan Fainstein

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