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Think tanks and the pressures for planning reform in England

Graham Haughton & Phil Allmendinger

Environment and Planning C: politics and space2016https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774x16629677article
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Abstract

This article examines how advocacy think tanks have sought to influence the remaking of the English planning system. Pressure for planning reform has come particularly though not exclusively from the political right, which has sought to portray planning as a form of bureaucratic regulation, out of touch with the needs of modern, global economies and the needs of society. This research involved 27 interviewees, the majority of whom have worked in think tanks, whilst others worked in government or in advocacy and professional groups. We explore how despite years of critique and many reforms to the planning system, it is still portrayed as failing. Drawing on ideas around the experimental state, we seek to develop a better understanding of the dynamics behind the process of continuous calls for planning reform before turning to some of the implications for both planning and our understanding of how think tanks seek to influence policy.

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@article{graham2016,
  title        = {{Think tanks and the pressures for planning reform in England}},
  author       = {Graham Haughton & Phil Allmendinger},
  journal      = {Environment and Planning C: politics and space},
  year         = {2016},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774x16629677},
}

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0.62

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.74 × 0.4 = 0.30
M · momentum0.68 × 0.15 = 0.10
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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