Shifting Agendas: Private Consultants and Public Planning Policy
Shifting Agendas: Private Consultants and Public Planning Policy
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转变议程：私人顾问和公共规划政策
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2019
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Orly Linovski
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Orly Linovski
尽管人们对城市规划做法的私有化感到关切，但对参与这一结构调整的专业行为者知之甚少。私营部门的咨询师，虽然和公共部门的雇员一样，也要遵守同样的专业标准，但他们也面临着一种企业收费商业模式的竞争压力。本文通过分析安大略省多伦多的唐斯维尔公园重建项目，探讨规划顾问在制定公共政策议程中的作用。从采访和档案数据，我发现，私营部门的规划顾问有影响力，在优先考虑政策议程的宣传需要加快进程，并允许土地所有者“支付优先权。”专业人员在公司、部门和项目之间的流动性加强了人们对咨询专家专长的价值和中立性的认识。这些战略有助于缩小公共和私营部门规划进程之间的差异，从而对发展利益产生高度影响。
Despite concerns about the privatization of urban planning practices, there is little known about the professional actors involved in this restructuring. Private-sector consultants, though beholden to the same professional standards as public-sector employees, face competing pressures of an entrepreneurial fee-for-service business model. This article examines the role of planning consultants in shaping public policy agendas, by analyzing the redevelopment of Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario. Drawing from interview and archival data, I find that private-sector planning consultants had influence in prioritizing policy agendas by propagating the need for sped-up processes and allowing landowners to “pay for priority.” The fluidity of professionals between firms, sectors, and projects reinforced the perceived value and neutrality of consultant expertise. These strategies worked to erode the differences between public- and private-sector planning processes, resulting in a high degree of influence for development interests.