Peter John Otter Self (7 June 1919 – 29 March 1999) was an English journalist, academic, planning policy-maker and university teacher of planning. Self was born in

Brighton Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...

, to Audrey (Otter) and

Henry Self Sir Albert Henry Self (18 January 1890 – 15 January 1975) was an English civil servant. Prior to and during the Second World War he was responsible for arranging the purchase of American aircraft to meet the requirements of the Royal Air Force. ...

, a civil servant. Self was educated at

Lancing College Lancing College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school) for pupils aged 13–18 in southern England, UK. The school is located in West S ...

and

Balliol College Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and ar ...

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, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. In the

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, he was a

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, working on a farm. In his academic career, he became Professor of Public Administration at the

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, where he was a prominent member and leader of its Greater London Group research centre. He was also a prominent member of the

Town and Country Planning Association The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) is an independent research and campaigning charity founded and based in the United Kingdom. It works to enable homes, places and communities in which everyone can thrive, informed by the Garden ...

. He then became Professor of Urban Research at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

. He died in

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on 29 March 1999. He was the father of

Jonathan Self Jonathan Otter Self (born 11 March 1959 in Hammersmith, London) is an English author and journalist. Early life Self was raised in Hampstead, London. His father was the British journalist and academic Peter Self. His mother, Elaine (born Rosenb ...

and

Will Self William Woodard Self (born 26 September 1961) is an English writer, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster. He has written 11 novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas and nine collections of non-fiction writing. Se ...

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* ''Regionalism'', 1949 * ''Whither Local Government?'', 1950 * ''Cities in Flood: The Problems of Urban Growth'', 1960 * ''The State and the Farmer'', 1962 * ''Metropolitan Planning: Planning System of Greater London'', 1971 * ''Planning the Urban Region: A Comparative Study of Policies and Organizations'', 1982 * ''New Towns: The British Experience'', 1972 * ''Administrative Theories and Politics: An Enquiry into the Structure and Processes of Modern Government'', 1972 * ''Econocrats and the Policy Process: Politics and Philosophy of Cost-benefit Analysis'', 1976 * ''Administrative Theories and Politics: An Enquiry into the Structure and Processes of Modern Government'', 1977 * ''Political Theories of Modern Government - Its role and reform'', Unwin Hyman, London, 1985 * ''Government by the Market? The Politics of Public Choice'', 1993 * ''Rolling Back the Market'', 1999

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1919 births 1999 deaths Academic staff of the Australian National University English male journalists Academics of the London School of Economics People educated at Lancing College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford British conscientious objectors English male non-fiction writers

Peter Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

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