Drawing on a number of research studies of planning and urban policy, ace and Planning asks why racial equality has not been higher on professional and government agendas, and suggests strategies for those working on change. It considers key issues such as how planning activities might lead to more emphasis on the significance of racial equality; might currently it be unwittingly underpinning racial disadvantage? Alternatively, can planning help challenge racism and promote equal opportunities? The book's arguments are sensitive to the rapidly changing focus of the politics of race including: 'fortress Europe', Macpherson and modernism.
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Examines the place of race in land use planning, drawing on policy-making literature, as well as race and ethnic studies, to provide students with a well-balanced introduction.
List of Illustrations. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Some Key Ideas in Understanding Race, Ethnicity and Planning. 3. Race, Public Policy and Planning in Postwar Britain. 4. Planning in a Racialised Society: Britain in the 1990s. 5. Gypsies, Travellers and the Planning System. 6. Concluding Comments. Bibliography. Index.
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Product details

ISBN
9781857283570
Published
2000-05-11
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
880 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
176

Author

Biographical note

Hue Thomas is Reader in the Department of City adn Regional Planning at Cardiff University. He is convenor of the Royal Town Planning Institute's Equal Opportunites (Race Relations) Panel. Over the last ten years he has conducted a series of funded research projects into aspects of race equality and planning.