Us and Them: The Construction and Maintenance of Divisions in a Planning Dispute

Abstract

The building and siting of new roads is an issue at the forefront of contemporary popular debate about the environment. Events at Twyford Down and East London, in particular, highlight the extent of divisions between those involved in disputes about new road schemes. In this paper I draw on data collected during two research projects into the impacts of road schemes to provide a sociological analysis of some of the features of such conflicts.