Meg Tait
Biographic Data
| ID | 1062053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meg Tait |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meg |
| FAMILY NAME | Tait |
| SIGNATURE | TAIT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2107-6349 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 99 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
A Children’s Rights Assessment of Juvenile Detention in Australia, written by Anita Mackay
Commodification, labor, abstraction: Three key concepts to understand the many-headed hydra of biodiversity offsetting
Natural capital approaches to mitigating the impacts of construction projects, in which environmental harms and mitigations are calculated and then traded, have become dominant features of contemporary conservation. They are subject to considerable critique within the political ecology and radical conservation literatures on the grounds that they involve the commodification of nature. In the case of biodiversity offsetting, the commodification pr…
Serving the public interest? Towards a history of private sector planning expertise in England
Until recently there has been little critical consideration of the privatization of urban planning expertise. In this paper we draw on archival research in England to present an historical analysis of the role of private sector planners over the post-war period. In so doing, the paper provides one of the first considerations of changing historical perceptions of the roles of private sector professionals in the delivery of public planning, assessi…
We need to put what we do in my dad’s language, in pounds, shillings and pence’: Commercialisation and the reshaping of public-sector planning in England
This article furthers understanding of how commercial imperatives are reshaping dominant conceptions of planning practice in England, and by extension the production of the built environment more widely. We make an original contribution by tracing the emergence of the logic of commercialisation in England, demonstrating how the impacts of austerity and ‘market-led viability planning’ have entrenched the ‘delivery state’, a powerful disciplinary m…
A perceptual model of smellscape pleasantness
Putting Localism in Place: Conservative Images of the Good Community and the Contradictions of Planning Reform in England
Decentralization of power to local scales has been a central component of successive waves of state restructuring in recent decades, playing a key part in the reformulation of governance Discourses of 'localism' have been mobilized from across the political spectrum, promising greater economic efficiency and more effective administration. Most notably, however, they have been presented as a means of enhancing democracy -drawing a link between the…
Planning and the public interest: Still a relevant concept for planners
Is There Space for Better Planning in a Neoliberal World? Implications for Planning Practice and Theory
Planning’s normative aspirations are open to criticism for their idealism and impracticality in the face of economic forces. The question underlying this article therefore is how far space—conceptual and practical—exists for better planning? The argument uses empirical evidence drawn from an unremarkable planning case not as a source of explanation but to probe how events (and hence planning) might have been different and therefore could be diffe…
Trust and the Public Interest in the Micropolitics of Planning Practice
In neoliberal democracies, regulatory planning systems are often characterized by tension between (1) efforts to treat developers as consumers and (2) the regulatory aspect of planning, frequently involving decisions that sacrifice individual interests in favor of a collective but ill-defined “public interest.” This unresolved tension creates a crisis of trust, as the underlying values of the planning system are rarely made explicit. Using an eth…
Ontology and the Conservation of Built Heritage
The ontological status of historic buildings has until recently been little explored, particularly in relation to their conservation. This is curious, for the assumed status and existence of buildings have critical impacts upon our attempts to conserve them. Conventional conservation thought has conceived buildings as solid objects constructed under the gaze of a single architect and retaining exemplar properties worth preserving. This paper offe…
Constructing an Image: The Urban Village Concept in the UK
The concept of the urban village was first promoted by the Urban Villages Group in the late 1980s as a means to achieve more human scale, mixed-use and well-designed places. The term urban village has since entered the planning discourse, and a number of developments known as urban villages have appeared across the country. This article draws on ongoing research into the phenomenon of the urban village, and focuses on the origins, definitions, an…
The Politics of Communication between Planning Officers and Politicians: The Exercise of Power through Discourse
The relationship between local government officers and elected members is central to the decisionmaking processes associated with planning, as with many other areas of public policymaking. Legal responsibilities and issues of accountability and legitimacy lie at the heart of the relationship between officers and members, with interaction mediated and constituted through ritualised communicative encounters such as committee meetings and associated…
Stefan Heym’s Radek: The Conscience Of A Revolutionary
Stefan Heym, leading dissident of the GDR and between 1994 and 1995 ‘Alterspräsident’ of the first post‐unification Bundestag, has published what will probably be his final novel. Radek (Munich 1995) is the story of one of the leading propagandists of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1919, an enigmatic exile who later turned informant and co‐operated in the staging of his own show trial in Stalin’s Soviet Union. The novel’s reception in the German pre…
Is There Space for Better Planning in a Neoliberal World? Implications for Planning Practice and Theory
Planning’s normative aspirations are open to criticism for their idealism and impracticality in the face of economic forces. The question underlying this article therefore is how far space—conceptual and practical—exists for better planning? The argument uses empirical evidence drawn from an unremarkable planning case not as a source of explanation but to probe how events (and hence planning) might have been different and therefore could be diffe…
Trust and the Public Interest in the Micropolitics of Planning Practice
In neoliberal democracies, regulatory planning systems are often characterized by tension between (1) efforts to treat developers as consumers and (2) the regulatory aspect of planning, frequently involving decisions that sacrifice individual interests in favor of a collective but ill-defined “public interest.” This unresolved tension creates a crisis of trust, as the underlying values of the planning system are rarely made explicit. Using an eth…
Ontology and the Conservation of Built Heritage
The ontological status of historic buildings has until recently been little explored, particularly in relation to their conservation. This is curious, for the assumed status and existence of buildings have critical impacts upon our attempts to conserve them. Conventional conservation thought has conceived buildings as solid objects constructed under the gaze of a single architect and retaining exemplar properties worth preserving. This paper offe…
Constructing an Image: The Urban Village Concept in the UK
The concept of the urban village was first promoted by the Urban Villages Group in the late 1980s as a means to achieve more human scale, mixed-use and well-designed places. The term urban village has since entered the planning discourse, and a number of developments known as urban villages have appeared across the country. This article draws on ongoing research into the phenomenon of the urban village, and focuses on the origins, definitions, an…
A perceptual model of smellscape pleasantness
The Politics of Communication between Planning Officers and Politicians: The Exercise of Power through Discourse
The relationship between local government officers and elected members is central to the decisionmaking processes associated with planning, as with many other areas of public policymaking. Legal responsibilities and issues of accountability and legitimacy lie at the heart of the relationship between officers and members, with interaction mediated and constituted through ritualised communicative encounters such as committee meetings and associated…
We need to put what we do in my dad’s language, in pounds, shillings and pence’: Commercialisation and the reshaping of public-sector planning in England
This article furthers understanding of how commercial imperatives are reshaping dominant conceptions of planning practice in England, and by extension the production of the built environment more widely. We make an original contribution by tracing the emergence of the logic of commercialisation in England, demonstrating how the impacts of austerity and ‘market-led viability planning’ have entrenched the ‘delivery state’, a powerful disciplinary m…
Planning and the public interest: Still a relevant concept for planners
Stefan Heym’s Radek: The Conscience Of A Revolutionary
Stefan Heym, leading dissident of the GDR and between 1994 and 1995 ‘Alterspräsident’ of the first post‐unification Bundestag, has published what will probably be his final novel. Radek (Munich 1995) is the story of one of the leading propagandists of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1919, an enigmatic exile who later turned informant and co‐operated in the staging of his own show trial in Stalin’s Soviet Union. The novel’s reception in the German pre…
The Politics of Communication between Planning Officers and Politicians: The Exercise of Power through Discourse
The relationship between local government officers and elected members is central to the decisionmaking processes associated with planning, as with many other areas of public policymaking. Legal responsibilities and issues of accountability and legitimacy lie at the heart of the relationship between officers and members, with interaction mediated and constituted through ritualised communicative encounters such as committee meetings and associated…
Constructing an Image: The Urban Village Concept in the UK
The concept of the urban village was first promoted by the Urban Villages Group in the late 1980s as a means to achieve more human scale, mixed-use and well-designed places. The term urban village has since entered the planning discourse, and a number of developments known as urban villages have appeared across the country. This article draws on ongoing research into the phenomenon of the urban village, and focuses on the origins, definitions, an…
Ontology and the Conservation of Built Heritage
The ontological status of historic buildings has until recently been little explored, particularly in relation to their conservation. This is curious, for the assumed status and existence of buildings have critical impacts upon our attempts to conserve them. Conventional conservation thought has conceived buildings as solid objects constructed under the gaze of a single architect and retaining exemplar properties worth preserving. This paper offe…
Trust and the Public Interest in the Micropolitics of Planning Practice
In neoliberal democracies, regulatory planning systems are often characterized by tension between (1) efforts to treat developers as consumers and (2) the regulatory aspect of planning, frequently involving decisions that sacrifice individual interests in favor of a collective but ill-defined “public interest.” This unresolved tension creates a crisis of trust, as the underlying values of the planning system are rarely made explicit. Using an eth…
Is There Space for Better Planning in a Neoliberal World? Implications for Planning Practice and Theory
Planning’s normative aspirations are open to criticism for their idealism and impracticality in the face of economic forces. The question underlying this article therefore is how far space—conceptual and practical—exists for better planning? The argument uses empirical evidence drawn from an unremarkable planning case not as a source of explanation but to probe how events (and hence planning) might have been different and therefore could be diffe…
Putting Localism in Place: Conservative Images of the Good Community and the Contradictions of Planning Reform in England
Decentralization of power to local scales has been a central component of successive waves of state restructuring in recent decades, playing a key part in the reformulation of governance Discourses of 'localism' have been mobilized from across the political spectrum, promising greater economic efficiency and more effective administration. Most notably, however, they have been presented as a means of enhancing democracy -drawing a link between the…
Planning and the public interest: Still a relevant concept for planners
A perceptual model of smellscape pleasantness
We need to put what we do in my dad’s language, in pounds, shillings and pence’: Commercialisation and the reshaping of public-sector planning in England
This article furthers understanding of how commercial imperatives are reshaping dominant conceptions of planning practice in England, and by extension the production of the built environment more widely. We make an original contribution by tracing the emergence of the logic of commercialisation in England, demonstrating how the impacts of austerity and ‘market-led viability planning’ have entrenched the ‘delivery state’, a powerful disciplinary m…
Serving the public interest? Towards a history of private sector planning expertise in England
Until recently there has been little critical consideration of the privatization of urban planning expertise. In this paper we draw on archival research in England to present an historical analysis of the role of private sector planners over the post-war period. In so doing, the paper provides one of the first considerations of changing historical perceptions of the roles of private sector professionals in the delivery of public planning, assessi…
A Children’s Rights Assessment of Juvenile Detention in Australia, written by Anita Mackay
Commodification, labor, abstraction: Three key concepts to understand the many-headed hydra of biodiversity offsetting
Natural capital approaches to mitigating the impacts of construction projects, in which environmental harms and mitigations are calculated and then traded, have become dominant features of contemporary conservation. They are subject to considerable critique within the political ecology and radical conservation literatures on the grounds that they involve the commodification of nature. In the case of biodiversity offsetting, the commodification pr…
Law (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (7 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works)