The academic literature and popular press has chronicled large IT project failures for the last 40 years. Two points of contention surround this debate. First, quantitative studies found mixed support of a wide-spread crisis, questioning the representativeness of failure cases. Second,...

Sommeren 1976 var jeg ude for en episode, som skulle få afgørende betydning for mit professionelle liv. Jeg læste på tredje år ved Aarhus Universitet og var ansat som studentermedhjælp hos Ribe amtskommune. Mit arbejde var at gennemføre en undersøgelse af social-, undervisnings- og...

This article provides an answer to what has been called the biggest problem in theorizing and understanding planning: the ambivalence about power found among planning researchers, theorists, and students. The author narrates how he came to work with issues of power and gives an example of how...