Comparative Planning Cultures looks at how planning works in different national cultures. Since the broad-based assault on state planning led by the Reagan and Thatcher administrations in the 1980s, different national planning cultures have faced increasing deregulation and privatization, which have impacted their ability to function as they once did. As well, economic globalization has ushered in a planning monoculture that has made inroads across the globe. Given these trends, the volume asks, what is the function of state planning in the era of neoliberal economic globalization? Is it still beneficial to the public it serves? How much has it suffered since the attacks on it in the 1980s? By focusing on such a wide and international range of case studies, the book is completely unique, and will be required reading for students and scholars of international planning.