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Presenting the complexities of doing planning work, with its moral and practical dilemmas, this rich ethnographic study analyses today's planning scene through the stories of four diverse working environments.

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1. Introducing Contemporary Planning Practice 2. Southwell: the Privatised Local Authority 3. Simpsons: the Values-Driven Global Consultancy 4. Bakerdale: a ‘Traditional’ Local Authority Commercialising Under Austerity Politics 5. OIP: the ‘regular’ planning consultancy 6. So, Just What Are Planners Doing?

What Town Planners Do

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    A Hardback by Abigail Schoneboom, Jason Slade, Malcolm Tait

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 28 November 2022
      ISBN-13 9781447365976
      978-1447365976
      ISBN-10 1447365976
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      City and town planning: architectural aspects Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presenting the complexities of doing planning work, with its moral and practical dilemmas, this rich ethnographic study analyses today's planning scene through the stories of four diverse working environments.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introducing Contemporary Planning Practice 2. Southwell: the Privatised Local Authority 3. Simpsons: the Values-Driven Global Consultancy 4. Bakerdale: a ‘Traditional’ Local Authority Commercialising Under Austerity Politics 5. OIP: the ‘regular’ planning consultancy 6. So, Just What Are Planners Doing?

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