NEW LABOUR AND PLANNING by Phil Allmendinger ( 9781136833212 )

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NEW LABOUR AND PLANNING
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ISBN 10:

1136833218

ISBN 13:

9781136833212

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

17 January, 2011

Pages:

194

Synopsis:

Following the Thatcher and Major administrations there was an apparent renaissance of planning under New Labour. After a slow start in which Labour's view of planning owed more to a neo-liberal, rolled back state model reminiscent of the New Right the Government began to appreciate that many of its wider objectives including economic development, climate change, democratic renewal, social justice and housing affordability intersected with and were critically dependent upon the planning system. A wide range of initiatives, management processes, governance vehicles and policy documents emanated from Government. Planning, like other areas of the public sector, was to be reformed and modernised as well as given a prime role in tackling national, high profile priorities such as increasing housing supply and improving economic competitiveness. Drawing upon an institutionalist framework the book also seeks to understand how and in what circumstances change emerges, either in an evolutionary or punctuated way. It will, for the first time, chart and explore the changing nature of development and planning over the Labour era whilst also stepping back and reflecting upon what such changes mean for planning generally and the likely future trajectories of reform and spatial governance.

Illustrations:

6 Line drawings, black and white; 10 Tables, black and white

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Imprint:

Routledge

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Non-returnable

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