Slade, J. orcid.org/0000-0003-4901-799X, Tait, M. and Inch, A. (2022) 'We need to put what we do in my dad’s language, in pounds, shillings and pence': commercialisation and the reshaping of public-sector planning in England. Urban Studies, 59 (2). pp. 397-413. ISSN 0042-0980
Abstract
This article furthers understanding of how commercial imperatives are reshaping dominant conceptions of planning practice in England, and by extension the production of the built environment more widely. We make an original contribution by tracing the emergence of the logic of commercialisation in England, demonstrating how the impacts of austerity and ‘market-led viability planning’ have entrenched the ‘delivery state’, a powerful disciplinary matrix representing late-neoliberal governance. Through in-depth, ethnographic study of a local planning authority, we argue that commercialisation within the delivery state creates a distinct ‘economy of attention’, reshaping planners’ agency and professional identities, and the substance and scope of their work. The conclusion draws out wider implications of commercialisation for planning in and beyond the delivery state.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Urban Studies Journal Limited 2021. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Planning; commercialisation; marketisation; professional identities |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Economic and Social Research Council ES/P011713/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2021 12:28 |
Last Modified: | 10 Feb 2022 15:27 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0042098021989953 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:169877 |