Building trust in planning professionals: Understanding the contested legitimacy of a planning decision

Town Planning Review

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 597-617

  Tait, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutions; Legitimacy; Professionalism; Trust; Values

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PLANNING SYSTEM;

EID: 84870610689     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.2012.36     Document Type: Article

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