Neo-advocacy for Neo-liberal Times: Planning Aid and the Advocacy Project in England

Parker, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-4377 and Street, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8987-5916 (2017) Neo-advocacy for Neo-liberal Times: Planning Aid and the Advocacy Project in England. Town Planning Review, 88 (4). pp. 443-463. ISSN 1478-341X doi: 10.3828/tpr.2017.28

Abstract/Summary

The paper reviews the literature on advocacy planning and interweaves empirical evidence drawn from staff and volunteers of Planning Aid England to reconsider its basis and effectiveness. Forms of ‘neo-advocacy’ planning are deemed necessary given the continuing under-representation of lower-income groups and other minority groups in planning and in an era of neo-liberal policy. The attention of policymakers and of the planning profession more widely should be given to how neo-advocacy functions are sustained. It is concluded that the aims of Planning Aid are so important to the legitimacy and effectiveness of planning that it needs to be placed on a more secure footing.

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Divisions	Henley Business School > Real Estate and Planning
Publisher	Liverpool University Press
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