The problems are formulated in four dilemmas frequently con-fronted by the planners in their daily work, as follows. The interviewed planners seem to feel deeply for the ecological aspects of their work, which they connect more with urban and regional planning than with economic and social issues. Despite this lesser involvement in social issues, they have experience from methods of citizen participation. The interviewed subjects were disappointed in the weak citizen interest in comprehensive planning. Local authority planners are often engaged as experts, co-ordinators and facilitators all at the same time, in the same process of planning.
Problems occur in how other actors trust the planners when they change from role to role.
Det empiriska resultatet baseras p kvalitativa halv-strukturerade intervjuer, som har analyserats abduktivt. Resultatet r tolkat utifr n teorier och begrepp om global r ttvisa, ekologisk modernism, kommunikativ planering samt teorier om makt och erfarenhetskunskap. Planerarnas erfarenheter har analyserats och problematiserats ur ett akt rs-struktur perspektiv. Kommunala planerare r ofta engagerade som experter, koordinat rer och processt djare p samma g ng och i samma process.