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View article: Community action, counter-professionals and radical planning in the UK
Community action, counter-professionals and radical planning in the UK Open
This paper reconsiders the roles of ‘counter-professionals’ (Goodman 1972) in urban social movements, focusing on the generation of students, activists and planners involved in the UK’s community action movement from the late-1960s. The pa…
View article: Ideology, statecraft and the ‘double shuffle’ of Conservative planning reform in England
Ideology, statecraft and the ‘double shuffle’ of Conservative planning reform in England Open
This article explores the political implications of conflicts over new housebuilding for Conservative-led governments in England since 2010. Revisiting debates about the tensions between neoliberal and more collectivist traditions within t…
View article: Serving the public interest? Towards a history of private sector planning expertise in England
Serving the public interest? Towards a history of private sector planning expertise in England Open
Until recently there has been little critical consideration of the privatization of urban planning expertise. In this paper we draw on archival research in England to present an historical analysis of the role of private sector planners ov…
View article: ‘We need to put what we do in my dad’s language, in pounds, shillings and pence’: Commercialisation and the reshaping of public-sector planning in England
‘We need to put what we do in my dad’s language, in pounds, shillings and pence’: Commercialisation and the reshaping of public-sector planning in England Open
This article furthers understanding of how commercial imperatives are reshaping dominant conceptions of planning practice in England, and by extension the production of the built environment more widely. We make an original contribution by…
View article: Exploring Planning as a Technology of Hope
Exploring Planning as a Technology of Hope Open
Following Baum’s proposition that planning be understood as “the organization of hope,” there has been limited scholarly engagement with what might be involved in fostering hope through planning practices. Reflecting on three years of part…
View article: Narratives of power: Bringing ideology to the fore of planning analysis
Narratives of power: Bringing ideology to the fore of planning analysis Open
This Special Issue starts from the premise that the concept of ideology holds significant analytical potential for planning but that this potential can only be realised if ideology is brought to the fore of analysis. By naming ideology and…
View article: ‘The object is to change the heart and soul’: Financial incentives, planning and opposition to new housebuilding in England
‘The object is to change the heart and soul’: Financial incentives, planning and opposition to new housebuilding in England Open
In 2014 the UK government announced plans to reduce opposition to housing development by making a direct payment to households in England. 1 This was part of a wider experiment with behavioural economics and financial inducements in planni…
View article: Planning amid crisis and austerity: in, against and beyond the contemporary conjuncture
Planning amid crisis and austerity: in, against and beyond the contemporary conjuncture Open
This article introduces the special issue ‘Planning amid crisis and austerity: in, against and beyond the contemporary juncture’. It starts by acknowledging two limits of the existing body of literature on the planning/crisis/austerity nex…
View article: People and Planning at Fifty/‘People and Planning’ 50 Years On: The Never-Ending Struggle for Planning to Engage with People/Skeffington: A View From The Coalface/From Participation to Inclusion/Marking the 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of Skeffington: Reflections from a Day of Discussion/What to Commemorate? ‘Other’ International Milestones of Democratising City-Making/An American’s Reflections on Skeffington’s Relevance at 50
People and Planning at Fifty/‘People and Planning’ 50 Years On: The Never-Ending Struggle for Planning to Engage with People/Skeffington: A View From The Coalface/From Participation to Inclusion/Marking the 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of Skeffington: Reflections from a Day of Discussion/What to Commemorate? ‘Other’ International Milestones of Democratising City-Making/An American’s Reflections on Skeffington’s Relevance at 50 Open
Andy InchDepartment of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UKFifty-years ago in 1969 People and Planning, the Report of the Committee on Public Participation in Planning...
View article: Signs of Hope in the Dark?
Signs of Hope in the Dark? Open
Prompted by the twentieth anniversary of this journal, recent editorials have reflected on the continued relevance of Planning Theory and Practice’s mission to “challenge theory and change practice...
View article: The “Caravana pelo Direito à Habitação”: Towards a new movement for housing in Portugal?
The “Caravana pelo Direito à Habitação”: Towards a new movement for housing in Portugal? Open
The Caravana pelo Direito à Habitação travelled across Portugal together with local groups and associations to collect information on and give visibility to housing needs, while aiming to create new networks and influence the national poli…
View article: Experiments in the re-financialisation of english planning: The new homes bonus
Experiments in the re-financialisation of english planning: The new homes bonus Open
Analysis of the impact of the New Homes Bones on the decision making and behaviour of local authorities on planning for housing.
View article: Unsettling planning theory
Unsettling planning theory Open
Recent political developments in many parts of the world seem likely to exacerbate rather than ameliorate the planetary-scale challenges of social polarization, inequality and environmental change societies face. In this unconventional mul…
View article: The timely return of the repressed – commentary to Walton
The timely return of the repressed – commentary to Walton Open
This reflection discusses my response to William Walton's research paper in this issue of the journal. In it I explore how a timely invitation to take part in the open review process prompted thoughts about my ongoing involvement in the po…
View article: Tribute to John Friedmann
Tribute to John Friedmann Open
It was with great sadness that we learned that John Friedmann had passed away on the 11th June, 2017 at the age of 91. John was rightly renowned for his foundational contributions to planning theor...
View article: Planning in the face of immovable subjects: a dialogue about resistance to development forces
Planning in the face of immovable subjects: a dialogue about resistance to development forces Open
Urban development can often seem an irresistible force. The imperatives of development are deeply inscribed in the DNA of liberal capitalist societies. As well as realising profit-making opportunit...
View article: Attitudinal research on financial payments to reduce opposition to new homes
Attitudinal research on financial payments to reduce opposition to new homes Open
A report commissioned by the UK Department for Communities and Local Government into the role of financial payments in reducing opposition to new homes.
View article: INTREPID Futures Initiative: Universities and Knowledge for Sustainable Urban Futures: as if inter and trans-disciplinarity mattered. 4th INTREPID REPORT
INTREPID Futures Initiative: Universities and Knowledge for Sustainable Urban Futures: as if inter and trans-disciplinarity mattered. 4th INTREPID REPORT Open
This London Workshop is meant to advance the agenda of “Universities and Knowledge for Sustainable Urban Futures: as if ID and TD mattered”, by helping to define the scope of the EU COST Action INTREPID contribution, and of the activities …
View article: ‘Opening for business’? Neoliberalism and the cultural politics of modernising planning in Scotland
‘Opening for business’? Neoliberalism and the cultural politics of modernising planning in Scotland Open
In this paper I explore how the culture of land-use planning in Scotland has been targeted as an object of modernising reform, exploring how ‘culture change’ initiatives played a prominent role in stabilising a new settlement around ‘open …
View article: Anticipations: on the state of the planning imagination
Anticipations: on the state of the planning imagination Open
Amidst disturbing talk of walls being built between the USA and Mexico during last November’s Presidential Election, many important facts were overlooked. As a case in point, whilst the eyes of the...