My personal excitement with Planners in Politics edited by Louis Albrechts was motivated by the topic and editor – who has influenced my approach to planning as a collaborative endeavour – as well as by several contributing authors whose work influenced my theoretical perspective on spatial planning. The book evidences that planners-acting-as-politicians can effectively shape, for example, housing policies or navigate through the stakes of private groups or opposing parties in order to develop plans or implement projects.
Da Silva Oliveira, E. H. (2020). Book review: Planners in Politics: Do they Make a Difference? European Planning Studies, 28(09), 1899-1900. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2020.1768638 (Original work published 2020)