The Limits of Power, Volume 21

The balance of power
Planners and politicians
Profile of a county
Politicians versus planners - the case of fuller's earth
Councils in conflict - transport planning in Bedford
The politics of land development
The politics of consensus - the Bedfordshire structure plan
The limits of reform

A text which focuses on the relationship of local politicians and professional planners in the planning process, adopting a conceptual framework within which a series of case studies is analysed. It shows that where power is limited or diffuse, or liable to change, policy making can be uncertain or inconsistent. The book covers a wide range of planning policy, including transportation and land development and because the author has had both academic and political experience this gives his work a unique emphasis.

For planners, administrators, social scientists and all those interested or involved in public affairs at the local level