PUBLIC SCRUTINY,STANDRDS AND THE PLANNING SYSTEM: ASSESSING PROFESSIONAL VALUES WITHIN A MODERNIZED LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

PHILIP ALLMENDINGER;MARK TEWDWR-JONES;JANICE MORPHET

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, n.º 4/2003, pág. 761 a 780

I.INTRODUCTION. II.RECENT CHANGES TO THE ROLE AND PERFORMANCE OF LOCAL PLANNING AUTORITIES. III.MODERNIZED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PROFESSIONALISM:A CONTINUING TENSION?. IV. CHALLENGING PLANNERS' PROFESSIONAL ETHOS IN THE NEW PUBLIC SERVICE ENVIRONMENT. V.EVIDENCE OF THE SCRUTINY WITHIN PROFESSIONAL PLANNING; THE OMBUDSMAN. VI.CONCLUSIONS.