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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458372403321

Autore

Grijzen Jantine

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-63398-8

9786612633980

90-485-1259-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Collana

UvA-proefschriften

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Regional planning - Netherlands

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Primary source of info. : cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-312).

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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