ABSTRACT
This book brings together a number of highly innovative and thought provoking contributions from European researchers in territorial governance-related fields such as human geography, planning studies, sociology, and management studies. The contributions share the ambition of highlighting troubling contemporary tendencies where spatial planning and territorial governance can be seen to circumscribe or subvert ‘due democratic practice’ and the democratic ethos. The book also functions as an introduction to some of the central strands of contemporary political philosophy, discussing their relevance for the wider field of planning studies and the development of new planning practices.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|27 pages
The Contested Terrain of European Territorial Governance
New perspectives on democratic deficits and political displacements
chapter 3|14 pages
In Search of the Irreducible Political Moment
Or why planning shouldn't be too hung up on conflictuality
chapter 10|23 pages
The Moose are Protesting
The more-than-human politics of transport infrastructure development
