{"product_id":"the-collaborating-planner-ben-clifford-9781447305118","title":"The Collaborating Planner?: Practitioners in the Neoliberal Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the turn of the 21st century, there has been a greater pace of reform to planning in Britain than at any other time. As a public sector activity, planning has also been impacted heavily by the wider changes in the way we are governed. Yet whilst such reform has been extensively commented upon within academia, few have empirically explored how these changes are manifesting themselves in planning practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This new book aims to understand how both specific planning and broader public sector reforms have been experienced and understood by chartered town planners working in local authorities across Great Britain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e After setting out the reform context, successive chapters then map responses across the profession to the implementation of spatial planning, to targets, to public participation and to the idea of a 'customer-focused' planning, and to attempts to change the culture of the planning. Each chapter outlines the reaction by the profession to reforms promoted by successive central and devolved governments over the last decade, before considering the broader issues of what this tells us about how modernisation is rolled-out by frontline public servants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This accessible book fills a gap in the market and makes ideal reading for students and researchers interested in the UK planning system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Clifford,Mark Tewdwr-Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1447305116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781447305118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Ben Clifford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088289116415,"sku":"9781447305118","price":127.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12bed346-636a-4c67-9117-cd7e9e863cfa.jpg?v=1769104082","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-collaborating-planner-ben-clifford-9781447305118","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}