Agency and Structure in Urban and Regional Planning : An Illustrative Overview and Future Research Agenda
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2023-11
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Journal of Planning Literature, Volume 38, issue 4, pp. 571-587
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There is extensive literature on the agency of actors in urban and regional planning which draws on a wide range of theoretical lenses and concepts. One of the recurring themes is the relationship between agency and structure—the mutual interdependence between individual actions and collective institutions, rules, and norms. This article provides a narrative overview of the wide range of literature on agency and structure in relation to spatial planning clustered around six interrelated themes: institutions, discretion, pragmatism, networks, leadership, and emotions. It identifies new avenues for research, paying particular attention to empirical, scalar, and methodological issues.Description
Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Academy of Finland (grant number 338335). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.
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actor, discretion, emotion, institution, leadership, methods, network, scale, structure
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Purkarthofer, E & Stead, D 2023, ' Agency and Structure in Urban and Regional Planning : An Illustrative Overview and Future Research Agenda ', Journal of Planning Literature, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 571-587 . https://doi.org/10.1177/08854122231178949