The view that planning is a political activ ity has encouraged researchers to inquire to what degree planners think or act politi cally Studies of planners' self-perceptions take three forms One type of study is concerned with planners' cognitive maps of the planning environment A second type is concerned with planners' role orientation to the environment A third type of study is concerned with the skills which planners use in their day-to-day work
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