French urban planning, 1940-1968 : the construction and deconstruction of an authoritarian system / W. Brian Newsome.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Crisis of housing and urban planning under the Second Empire and the Third Republic -- Authoritarian programs of urban planning under the Vichy regime -- Reconstruction and urban planning under the provisional government and the Fourth Republic -- From reconstruction to new construction : overcoming the postwar housing crisis -- The evolution of theories of democratization : the work of Paul-Henry Chombart de Lauwe -- From propaganda to participation : the evolution of the marketing strategies of the Ministry of Reconstruction -- The democratization of architectural and urban planning under the Gaullist Republic.