Planning in turbulent times: exploring planners' agency in Jerusalem

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Autor(a) principal: Rokem, J.
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: Allegra, M.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/13034
Resumo: This article explores the role of planning in the deeply divided and politically polarized context of Jerusalem. The overall argument developed throughout the article is that the relation between planning and politics is a non-hierarchical set of interactions, negotiated within specific historical, geographical, legal and cultural contexts—in other words, orders don't come down from the politicians to be slavishly followed by planners. In this respect our findings, based on in-depth interviews with Israeli planners, suggest that the case of Jerusalem represents a particularly dramatic illustration of the fact that the function of planning expertise can only be understood in relation to the surrounding socio-political environment. Furthermore, contrary to conventional wisdom, planners in Jerusalem are not destined to either complicity or irrelevance in the face of political imperatives; planners' agency, however, does not simply reflect their mastery of specific professional knowledge and tools, but also their ability to act strategically in relation to the context in which they operate.
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spelling Planning in turbulent times: exploring planners' agency in JerusalemContested citiesJerusalemPlanning conflictsUrban geopoliticsThis article explores the role of planning in the deeply divided and politically polarized context of Jerusalem. The overall argument developed throughout the article is that the relation between planning and politics is a non-hierarchical set of interactions, negotiated within specific historical, geographical, legal and cultural contexts—in other words, orders don't come down from the politicians to be slavishly followed by planners. In this respect our findings, based on in-depth interviews with Israeli planners, suggest that the case of Jerusalem represents a particularly dramatic illustration of the fact that the function of planning expertise can only be understood in relation to the surrounding socio-political environment. Furthermore, contrary to conventional wisdom, planners in Jerusalem are not destined to either complicity or irrelevance in the face of political imperatives; planners' agency, however, does not simply reflect their mastery of specific professional knowledge and tools, but also their ability to act strategically in relation to the context in which they operate.Wiley2017-04-19T15:15:51Z2016-01-01T00:00:00Z20162019-04-24T11:19:46Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/13034eng0309-131710.1111/1468-2427.12379Rokem, J.Allegra, M.info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-07-07T02:45:01Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/13034Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-07-07T02:45:01Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Planning in turbulent times: exploring planners' agency in Jerusalem
title Planning in turbulent times: exploring planners' agency in Jerusalem
spellingShingle Planning in turbulent times: exploring planners' agency in Jerusalem
Rokem, J.
Contested cities
Jerusalem
Planning conflicts
Urban geopolitics
title_short Planning in turbulent times: exploring planners' agency in Jerusalem
title_full Planning in turbulent times: exploring planners' agency in Jerusalem
title_fullStr Planning in turbulent times: exploring planners' agency in Jerusalem
title_full_unstemmed Planning in turbulent times: exploring planners' agency in Jerusalem
title_sort Planning in turbulent times: exploring planners' agency in Jerusalem
author Rokem, J.
author_facet Rokem, J.
Allegra, M.
author_role author
author2 Allegra, M.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rokem, J.
Allegra, M.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Contested cities
Jerusalem
Planning conflicts
Urban geopolitics
topic Contested cities
Jerusalem
Planning conflicts
Urban geopolitics
description This article explores the role of planning in the deeply divided and politically polarized context of Jerusalem. The overall argument developed throughout the article is that the relation between planning and politics is a non-hierarchical set of interactions, negotiated within specific historical, geographical, legal and cultural contexts—in other words, orders don't come down from the politicians to be slavishly followed by planners. In this respect our findings, based on in-depth interviews with Israeli planners, suggest that the case of Jerusalem represents a particularly dramatic illustration of the fact that the function of planning expertise can only be understood in relation to the surrounding socio-political environment. Furthermore, contrary to conventional wisdom, planners in Jerusalem are not destined to either complicity or irrelevance in the face of political imperatives; planners' agency, however, does not simply reflect their mastery of specific professional knowledge and tools, but also their ability to act strategically in relation to the context in which they operate.
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