Faludi's 'Sociology in Planning Education': A Critical Comment

Professor Faludi's paper, `Sociology in Planning Education' (Urban Studies, 1976), is a welcome contribution to an important, if neglected, issue, which we hope will open a debate that is long overdue in planning education . It is to be expected that an initial contribution will pose more questions that it answers and this, we believe, is certainly the case with Faludi's paper . We offer this comment with a view to clarifying the essential features of the debate . Faludi's argument is rather difficult to summarise ; however, its central points appear to be