A critical realist theory of ideology: Promoting planning as a vanguard of societal transformation

This article explores the potential values of a critical realist theory ideology on analysis planning issues. In particular, it argues its usefulness in promoting as vanguard societal transformation. The revitalizes epistemological inquiry beliefs, which enables an evaluation social, economic and environmental impacts ideas beliefs embedded planning. Furthermore, essence is to explain (re)production ideology, paves way for transformative planning, transformation cannot be realized without eliminating constraining social conditions. Finally, realism situates critique within wider process by rendering visible dimensions that can contribute eradicating question, shaping better ideas, including ethical reasoning, utopia thinking agency. A meta-theoretical framework based proposed guide By using example sustainable urban development Copenhagen Oslo, paper demonstrates ways applied quest