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Planning Theory, Vol. 3, No. 1, 71-92 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1473095204042318

Strife: Urban Planning and Agonism

John Pløger

Norwegian Institute for Urban & Regional Research (NIBR), Norway john.ploger{at}nibr.no

Conflict is immanent to planning, and perhaps particularly to practice within a pluralistic, multicultural society. Chantal Mouffe argues that there is a political need for an ‘agonistic pluralism’ as a democratic response to a context of diversity and conflict. Perhaps the key complex of problems in contemporary planning is how to work with ‘strife’. Proceeding from the perspective of a Danish urban regeneration project named ‘kvarterløft’, this article will discuss planning experiences with conflicts, empowerment, consensussteering, and governance that point to the need to make ‘strife’ – the ongoing dispute about words, meaning, discourses, visions or ‘the good life’ – central to planning processes.

Key Words: agonism • governance • planning • strife • urban regeneration


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