Published
Jun 30, 2023Page count
312 pagesISBN
978-1447362845Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jun 30, 2023Page count
312 pagesISBN
978-1447362838Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jun 30, 2023Page count
312 pagesISBN
978-1447362852Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jun 30, 2023Page count
312 pagesISBN
978-1447362852Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressThe past three decades have seen an international ‘turn to participation’ – letting those who will be affected by outcomes play an active role in decision-making – but there is widespread dissatisfaction with actual instances of citizen-state engagement. Neighbourhood planning in England exemplifies this contradiction.
This innovative analysis brings theory, research and practice together to give insights into how and why citizen voices become effective or get excluded. Ethnographic data from detailed studies of neighbourhood planning are used to illustrate the constraints and possibilities of a wide range of participatory governance practices and social movements. The book concludes with recommendations to re-invigorate community involvement in planning and beyond.
Andy Yuille is Senior Research Associate with Eden Project Morecambe at Lancaster University.
1. Introduction: Neighbourhood Planners and the Turn to Participation
2. Planning, Participation, and Democratisation
3. Knowledge, Politics and Care: Perspectives from Science and Technology Studies
4. Neighbourhoods, Identity and Legitimacy
5. Experience, Evidence and Examination
6. Expertise, Agency and Power
7. Care and Concern
8. Conclusions: Neighbourhood Planning and Beyond