Politics And Conflict In Governance And Planning: Theory And Practice (routledge Research In Urban Politics And Policy)

Politics and Conflict in Governance and Planning offers a critical evaluation of manifold ways in which the political dimension is reflected in contemporary planning and governance. While the theoretical debates on post-politics and the wider frame of post-foundational political theory provide substantive explanations for the crisis in planning and governance, still there is a need for a better understanding of how the political is manifested in the planning contents, shaped by institutional arrangements and played out in the planning processes. This book undertakes a reassessment of the changing role of the political in contemporary planning and governance. Employing a wide range of empirical research conducted in several regions of the world, it draws a more complex and heterogeneous picture of the context-specific depoliticisation and repoliticisation processes taking place in local and regional planning and governance. It shows not only the domination of market forces and the consequent suppression of the political but also how political conflicts and struggles are defined, tackled and transformed in view of the multifaceted rules and constraints recently imposed to local and regional planning. Switching the focus to how strategies and forms of depoliticised governance can be repoliticised through renewed planning mechanisms and socio-political mobilisation, Politics and Conflict in Governance and Planning is a critical and much needed contribution to the planning literature and its incorporation of the post-politics and post-democracy debate. Cover Half Title Book Title Copyright Contents List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors 1 The Political in Governance and Planning Introduction Understanding Contemporary Times: How are the Political and the Post-Political Theorised? Why Did Debates on the Political and the Post-Political Attract Attention in Explaining Planning and Governance in Contemporary Times? Are the Recent Transformations in Planning and Governance Indicative of a Retreat from the Post-Political Condition or Not? The Book References Part I Existing and Emerging Paradigms on Spatial Planning and Governance: A Critical Evaluation. 2 Crisis in Planning Theory: Is the Political a Way Out of the Impasse in Planning? Introduction: Planning Theory/Planning Theories Planning in Different Regulatory Regimes: Compromise or Conflict? Recent Debates and Criticisms of Contemporary Planning Planning and the Political The Way Out References 3 Planning and Governance: Towards Radical Political Approaches Introduction Consensus Building or Agonist Prevention of Antagonism? Planning as Politics: Approaches, Potentials and Limitations Counter-Hegemonic Planning beyond Communicative and Agnostic Approaches References Part II Conflict in Governance and Planning Practices: Problems of Post-Political Trends 4 Multilevel Power Relations and Planning Conflicts in a ‘Land of Exception’: The Case of the Sughereta di Niscemi Reserve in Sicily Introduction Power Relations in the Domain of Planning Laws: The Agambenian Approach Being Exposed to International Military Interests: The Case of the ‘Sughereta di Niscemi’ Reserve in Sicily Flexibility of Governance and Manipulation of Planning Procedures Conclusions Notes References 5 Engaging in Politics of Participation: Managing Power through Action Research Introduction Democratic Participation and Power in Participatory Planning Methodological Framework Power is Not an Obstacle, but ... Concluding Remarks Notes References 6 Different Understandings of ‘Public Interest’ as a Source of Conflict: Portuguese Spatial Planning and Practice Introduction Theoretical Interpretations of the Concept of Public Interest The Public Interest in Portuguese Spatial Planning Policy The Pursuit of the Public Interest in the Portuguese Planning Practice: The Troia-Melides Coast Case Study Conclusions Notes References 7 The Conflict between Free Market Capitalism and Social Policies: Mexican Housing Policy Introduction Institutional Foundations of the Mexican Social Housing Policy Outcomes of the Housing Policy in the Post-Political Era: Relevant Figures of the Housing Production Different Group Roles and Reactions to the Housing Policies and New Social Housing Projects Conclusions: The Political Aspects of Housing Notes References Part III New Attempts to Overcome the Post-Political Trends in Planning and Governance 8 Shifting Political Conditions for Spatial Planning in the Nordic Countries Introduction The Political Conditions for Spatial Planning Shifts in Nordic Spatial Planning Similarities and Diverging Trajectories across the Four Nordic Countries Conclusion: Can We Recognise Post-Political Tendencies in Nordic Spatial Planning? References 9 Politicising the Regional Scale?: The Politics of Metropolitan Governance in Germany, Canada and Brazil Introduction Metropolitan Governance Metropolitan Governance in Canada, Brazil and Germany Conclusive Remarks: The Politics of Metropolitan Governance, Multilevel Governance or Lost in Federalism? References 10 Local Welfare Governance and Social Innovation: The Ambivalence of the Political Dimension Local Welfare Governance in Europe: Crisis, Rescaling and Depoliticisation Social Innovation and its Ambivalence Policy-Led Social Innovation in the City of Milan Conclusion Notes References 11 Politicisation of Community Development: Universities as Boundary Objects Introduction Politicisation as a Good University as a Boundary Object Empirical Explorations: Urban Studies Forum and Liveable City Year Conclusion: Specific and Universal Intellectuals, Discourse into Practice Acknowledgements Notes References 12 A Counter-Movement to ‘Place-Less Power: Planners as Progressive Place-Based Leaders Introduction Planning in the Face of Place-Less Power Framing the Power of Place Understanding Leadership Examples of Progressive Place-Based Leadership Emerging Themes: Planning, Power and the Importance of Place-Based Leadership Acknowledgements Note References Part IV Reflections and Conclusions 13 Scientific Knowledge and Decision-Makingin Planning: Understanding Emotional Aspects Introduction The Evolution of Planning Thought: Decision-Making Processes, Knowledge and Ethics What Changes in the Development of Cognitive Science Can Bring Understanding to the Decision-Making Processes? What Types of Change Does the Progress in Neurosciences Bring to Planning and Design? Conclusion: Current Problems in Decision-Making and the Future of Planning Notes References 14 Afterword: I Am Realistic. I Expect Miracles Contextualising Post-Political Conditions Ambivalence as Strategy, or How the State Deals with Increasing Criticisms and Insurgencies Collaboration for Repoliticisation: Not Less Politics but Different Politics The Future References Index The Political In Governance And Planning / Ayda Eraydin & Klaus Frey -- Crisis In Planning Theory : Is The Political A Way Out Of The Impasse In Planning? / Ayda Eraydin & Tuna Tasan-kok -- Planning And Governance : Towards Radical Political Approaches / Rainer Randolph & Klaus Frey -- Multi-level Power Relations And Planning Conflicts In A Land Of Exception : The Case Of The Sughereta Di Niscemi Reserve In Sicily / Francesco Lo Piccolo, Filippo Schilleci & Vincenzo Todaro -- Engaging In Politics Of Participation : Managing Power Through Action Research / Anli Ataöv, Güliz Bilgin Altinöz & Neriman Sahin Güçhan -- Different Understandings Of Public Interest As A Source Of Conflict : Portuguese Spatial Planning And Practice / Joana Almeida & Fernando Nunes Da Silva -- The Conflict Between Free Market Capitalism And Social Policies : Mexican Housing Policy / Alfonso Iracheta -- Shifting Political Conditions For Spatial Planning In The Nordic Countries / Peter Schmitt & Lukas Smas -- Politicising The Regional Scale? : The Politics Of Metropolitan Governance In Germany, Canada And Brazil / Karsten Zimmermann -- Local Welfare Governance And Social Innovation : The Ambivalence Of The Political Dimension / Lavinia Bifulco & Maria Dodaro -- Politicisation Of Community Development : Universities As Boundary Objects / Anne Taufen -- A Counter-movement To Place-less Power : Planners As Progressive Place-based Leaders / Robin Hambleton -- Scientific Knowledge And Decision-making In Planning : Understanding Emotional Aspects / Ilhan Tekeli -- Afterword : I Am Realistic. I Expect Miracles / Klaus Frey & Ayda Eraydin. Edited By Ayda Eraydin And Klaus Frey. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.