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Going round the Back? Complex Networks and Informal Action in Local Planning Processes

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ID4845381
AuthorsJack Hillier (0000-0002-7340-2073, Curtin University, corresponding author), Jean Hillier (Curtin University)
Year2000
Volume32
Issue1
Pages33-54
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a321
OpenAlexW1975575822
LanguageEN
Citations received55
References cited23

In negotiated land-use planning decisions there may be intractable opposition and the use of strength, strategy, and influence outside of formal public participation processes-forms of communicative behaviour neglected by Habermasian theory. I investigate the empirical reality of the importance of networks and lobbying as a form of informal action in influencing planning outcomes through a case study in Western Australia. I map the networks of social relations within which stakeholders act and the links and energy flows between them. I examine stakeholders' utterances and questions of who networks and acts informally; why, when, and how they do so, and with what implications

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Citations per year2,2
Citation span2001 - 2026 (26)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 53

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