Book review of: Gunder, Michael; Grange, Kristina; Winkler, Tanja (eds.) (2023): Handbook on Planning and Power

Abstract

“Power is what remains to be explained”. Many planningrelated studies end with the statement that power is a crucial factor in planning processes that remains underexposed in research. The exercise of power has many faces in practice. According to Max Weber, power is amorphous, which is why it is so elusive. There is some agreement in the social sciences that it is a social relationship that is asymmetrical and manifests itself only in action. But how can acts of power and unequal power relations be captured? There are many theories of power in political science, philosophy and sociology that planning research can draw upon. In planning