Urban Planning and the British New Right

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Nearly twenty years after Margaret Thatcher first came to power the debate over the significance of what has been termed the New Right continues. Did the 1980s and 1990s see the death of planning and other areas of the public sector as some have claimed or were reports of their demise premature? This book attempts to tackle this and other questions through a detailed examination of the 1980s and 1990s.


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Exposing the myth that has grown up around Thatcherism, leading experts from a wide range of land-use policy areas examine the changes that were brought about in planning and the environment during the 1980s and 1990s.


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Tackles unanswered questions surrounding the "death" of planning during the Thatcher era in Britain and the legacy of the New Right. Examines changes brought about in planning and the environment during the period, and exposes the myth that has grown up around Thatcherism, arguing that much less was achieved than expected. Concludes that the complex relationship of power between central, local, and national government requires a sensitivity to change that is inclusive rather than doctrinal. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


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