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Savoir Travail Société / Knowledge Work Society 5, 1 (2008) 29-51

State development policy and specialised engineers. The case of urban planners in post-war Lebanon

Eric Verdeil 1

(2008)

The transformations of planning in post-civil war Lebanon illustrate the case of an uncertain professionalisation process, between the opposed forces of academic affirmation, of an emergent professional field and of the reality of a job market where planning hardly finds its space. Historically, planning has been an essential tool for national building, without ever relying on academically trained professionals. The establishment of new curricula in the nineties owes more to academic logic than to the market demand. The current market for planning is a secondary segment of the broader market of studies and consultation in architecture and engineering and it reproduces many of its features. It suffers from the effects of the restriction of the State's role and of shrinkage of its commands and reflects the greater role of private actors.

1 :	Environnement Ville Société (EVS)
	CNRS : UMR5600 – Université Jean Moulin - Lyon III – Université Lumière - Lyon II – Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne – Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat – Ecole Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon

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Humanities and Social Sciences/Architecture, space management Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology

Mots-Clés : Urban planners - professionalisation - globalisation - academic curricula - Lebanon

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Submitted on : Thursday, 6 March 2008 12:06:44

Updated on : Thursday, 11 December 2008 22:23:09