Navigating the paradox of consensus: Insights from Amsterdam and Ankara

Esin Özdemir-Ulutaş, Tuna Taşan-Kok, Department of City and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Planning Theory

Published online on May 14, 2026

Abstract

Planning Theory, Ahead of Print.
The critique of consensus within post-political literature has characterised the relationship between consensus and conflict as oppositional. Drawing on an in-depth re-reading of Habermasian theory of communicative action and a comparative inquiry in to ...