Abstract

The debate between proponents of collaborative planning theory and their critics on the dynamics of power in planning highlights a discrepancy between the norms and the practices of democratic planning. According to the norm of democratic planning, all participants should have an equal opportunity to influence and to realise a plan’s objectives, but practice has shown that power is unequally divided between people, privileging some and excluding others. This raises the important issue of how normative aspirations of deliberative planning can be reconciled with actual planning practices. This article discusses this question, exploring the power relationships and institutional transformations that influence planning using two case studies about conflicts over Dutch rural land use

Keywords

Rural planning; power; institutions; involution; The Netherlands

Published in

Planning Theory and Practice
2007, Volume: 8, number: 4, pages: 473-488

SLU Authors

• Boonstra, Wiebren

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Agricultural Science
Landscape Architecture


Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14649350701664721

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/16342