Outsourcing planning [electronic resource] : what do consultants do in regional planning in the Netherlands / Jantine Grijzen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grijzen, Jantine.

Series:

UvA-proefschriften

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regional planning--Netherlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This thesis addresses the wide involvement of consultants in regional spatial planning projects in the Netherlands. Although consultants have become important actors in public policy making, and media and politics have frequently addressed this as a probl

Contents:

List of Translations; Preface; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction: Outsourcing planning; 2. Assembling democratic legitimacy in regional planning; 3. A search for new planning practices in the Netherlands; 4. Consultants and the "running train" of the IJsseldelta South Project; 5. Consultants and "governance- light" in the City Region Arnhem Nijmegen; 6. Learning from American Public Policy Mediators; 7. Conclusion: Outsourcing planning: Plethorea and Khaos; References; Appendix: Bodies of Data; Summary; Samenvatting

Notes:

Primary source of info. : cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-312).

ISBN:

1-282-63398-8

9786612633980

90-485-1259-X

OCLC:

645097287