cynicism, ideology, professionalism, public interest, urban planning
Theorizing the cynical professional: the public interest, urban planning, and the limits of ideology critique
Introduction
Conventional readings of the relationship between professionalism and service in the public interest have tended to revolve around two sharply contrasting claims. The first is that professions by their nature, structure, and social function serve the public interest (Goode, 1957; Wilensky, 1964).