Politics and Ideology of Planning

Tim Marshall is Emeritus Professor at Oxford Brookes University.

''This is much more than a ‘methodology book’; it re-imagines what criminology might be. I already want to re-read... A book to inspire the novice and long-time criminologist in equal measure.''

• Introducing planning, politics and ideologyWriting on politics and ideology in planningIdeologies in Britain, with initial linking to planningPlanning history, planning reform and politics and ideologyPlanning expertise and planning law: autonomy from politics and ideology?Ideology and politics in government, central and localIdeology and politics in professions, lobbying, consultancies and pressure groupsCommunication, the media and deliberationFacets of planning action: heritage, local environment and designFields of planning action: housing, economy and infrastructurePaths to improving the ideological and political dimensions of planning