"The Triumph of the Eunuch"

1 December 1981

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Urban Affairs Quarterly

Vol. 17 (2) , 149-172
https://doi.org/10.1177/004208168101700204

Abstract

This article discusses the role of urban environmental settings in relation to the form of political institutions in the Western city, focusing on the effects of town planners' perception and manipulation of space and environment on social and political organization. We hypothesize that planners act as "social gatekeepers." We found senior British town planners dominated by a managerial ethic, linked with a self-image as "guardians" of the physical fabric of the city and a professional personality which is rigid, rule-following, and rationalistic.

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