What is it about?
Without power and political authority, planning theorists’ advice for planners to be politically astute is of little help. The politically astute planners could do little in the face of political pressure. In this context, the logical advice for planners would be to join politics and acquire the political authority that they need to materialize their plans. This article, through case studies from the United States, Brazil, and Nepal, shows that the planners who joined politics were able to accomplish some of the most difficult planning tasks in their towns and suggests that planners should take up elected position as and when possible.
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Why is it important?
Planners with political leadership power can do more than an ordinary planner in terms of creating better cities
Perspectives
Planners should come out of the civil-servant role and join political position to solve difficult planning problems
Dr Tej Kumar Karki
University of Liverpool
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This page is a summary of: Should planners join politics? Would that help them make better cities?, Planning Theory, August 2015, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1473095215602043.
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