Business and Planning: A Strategic-Relational Approach

Dave Valler, Malcolm Tait and Tim Marshall

International Planning Studies, 2013, vol. 18, issue 2, 143-167

Abstract: Business interests and agendas have been amongst the most influential drivers in the restructuring of the UK planning system over the past 30 years. Yet questions regarding the nature of business and business agendas and the power and influence of business interests have been somewhat under-developed in recent planning theory. In this paper we adopt a distinctive approach to theorizing business interest representation and business-state relations based on a strategic-relational approach. This seeks to establish an explicit focus on the dynamics of business-state relations, a standpoint of particular salience to planning and planning theory. It also offers distinctive theoretical perspectives regarding questions of business power and the evaluation of business influence, as well as informing contemporary debates around the engagement of business in planning processes. These insights hold significant potential in extending understanding of governance dynamics and the realities of planning politics and practice.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/13563475.2013.774145

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