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Summary
Summary
The philosophy and practice of urban planning has been transformed over the last decade. This book provides an evaluation of both political and planning theory and practice during the Thatcher period and throws new light on the quality of urban life.
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Choice Review
Few topics are as interesting to students of political economy as "Thatcherism." This topic is frequently exposed to blatant ideological interpretation, but Thornley's study is a welcome departure from the ordinary discourse on this controversial subject. He offers a highly professional, reasonably balanced, very sober, analytical study of the interaction of political ideology (e.g., Thatcherism) and planning within a capitalist democracy (the UK during the 1980s). He identifies the key elements of the Thatcher phenomenon (economic liberalism, authoritarian decentralism, and antibureaucratic elements) and relates these skillfully and convincingly to the not-so-radical modifications in the British urban, economic development, and environmental planning systems. His analysis, although not offering very compelling conclusions, nonetheless provides a useful and important demonstration of the nature of British politics and underscore through contextual analysis many of the arguments that lie at the core of public choice models of democratic politics. Above all, Thornley provides that it is not only possible, but worthwhile to explore this fascinating experiment in political-economic management for clues on how democratic politics function under specific conditions. Graduate level. -J. D. Robertson, Texas A & M University
