Putting Localism in Place: Conservative Images of the Good Community and the Contradictions of Planning Reform in England

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 174-194

  Tait, Malcolm ^a   Inch, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conservatism; Localism; planning reform; political ideology

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PLANNING; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL REFORM; REFORM PROCESS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84959146088     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: 13600583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2015.1104219     Document Type: Article

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