Revitalising the political: Development control and Agonism in Planning Practice

Planning Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-256

  McClymont, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agonism; consensus; development management; dissensus; Mouffe

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; DEMOCRACY; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; PLANNING PRACTICE; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

EID: 79960612633     PISSN: 14730952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473095211399398     Document Type: Article

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