Macleod, G. and Ormerod, E. (2019) 'Beyond consensus and conflict in housing governance : returning to the local state.', Planning theory., 18 (3). pp. 319-338.
Abstract
This article contends that the de-politicizing tendencies in urban planning that are often interpreted through a post-political frame of analysis might alternatively be investigated via the analytical lens of a transforming local state. Examining the formation of entrepreneurial municipal housing strategies in Gateshead, northeast England, the article reveals a recent history of community consensus being manipulated, a technocratic steering of participatory planning and a de-amplifying of dissenting voices. Amid protracted conditions of austerity, the more recent strategy sees Gateshead municipal authority assuming an increasingly ‘promotional’ role, essentially as a housing developer. Placing critical decisions over housing futures within Gateshead Regeneration Partnership, a potentially rough road towards attaining democratic legitimacy is actively being smoothed. These are all trends that are emblematic of a post-political repertoire. However, a more forensic examination reveals how these anti-democratic processes might be more appropriately understood as political accomplishments on the part of those who have been newly incorporated into a local state in transition. The article thereby offers a conceptual antidote to the post-political narrative.
Item Type: | Article |
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Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Download PDF (350Kb) |
Status: | Peer-reviewed |
Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1473095218790988 |
Publisher statement: | Ormerod, E. & Macleod, G. (2019). Beyond Consensus and Conflict in Housing Governance: Returning to the Local State. Planning Theory 18(3): 319-338. Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. |
Date accepted: | 29 June 2018 |
Date deposited: | 08 August 2018 |
Date of first online publication: | 01 August 2018 |
Date first made open access: | 08 August 2018 |
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