ISBN:
9789048189243
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIX, 217p. 15 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
GeoJournal Library 102
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Contradictions of Neoliberal Planning
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Geography
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Regional planning
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Human Geography
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
;
Geography
;
Regional planning
;
Human Geography
Abstract:
The premise of this volume is that the concepts of 'neoliberalism' and 'neoliberalisation' have largely been overlooked in planning theory as well as in the analysis of planning practice, despite the common deployment of these terms in the social sciences. Combining a number of specially commissioned chapters with insights from papers presented to a recent conference session of the Association of American Geographers in Boston, the book is dedicated to filling this significant lacuna in the study of planning. What the case studies explored in these chapters--from Africa, Asia, North America an
Abstract:
The premise of this volume is that the concepts of 'neoliberalism' and 'neoliberalisation' have largely been overlooked in planning theory as well as in the analysis of planning practice, despite the common deployment of these terms in the social sciences. Combining a number of specially commissioned chapters with insights from papers presented to a recent conference session of the Association of American Geographers in Boston, the book is dedicated to filling this significant lacuna in the study of planning. What the case studies explored in these chapters--from Africa, Asia, North America an
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Contents; Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Authors; 1 Introduction: Contradictions of Neoliberal Urban Planning; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Varieties of Capitalism, Path-Dependency, and Diverse Reactions of Planning Institutions; 1.1.2 Ambivalent Position of Planning Institutions; 1.1.3 Increasing Opportunity-Led Approach of Planning Institutions; 1.2 Contradictions of Neoliberalisation for Urban Planning; 1.3 About This Book; References; 2 Normalising Neoliberal Planning: The Case of Malmö, Sweden; 2.1 Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
2.2 Neoliberal Planning: New Urbanity, Urban Continuity2.2.1 The Plan; 2.2.2 The People: Reworking Malm''s Demographic Fabric Against the Odds; 2.3 The Production of the Örespectacle: New Scales and Landscapes of Prosperity and Poverty; 2.4 The Same and the New: Continuity and Change in an Age of Neoliberal Planning; 2.4.1 The Same; 2.4.2 The New; 2.5 Conclusion; References; 3 Neoliberal Urban Policy, Aspirational Citizenship and the Uses of Cultural Distinction; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Neoliberal Discourses, Urban Policy, and the Naturalising of Class Distinctions
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3.2 British Urban Policy and the Creation of Aspirational Citizens3.2.1 The Changing Form and Character of Urban Policy Interventions; 3.2.2 The Field of Culture-Led Urban Policy and the Evolution of Neoliberal Rationalities; 3.3 Conclusions; References; 4 Contradictions in the Neoliberal Policy Instruments: What Is the Stance of the State?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Changing Role and Policies of the State in the Neoliberal Era; 4.2.1 Re-territorialisation: Complex and Inconsistent Strategies; 4.2.2 Re-distribution of Power and Responsibilities: For What and to Whom?
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4.3 State Interests and Concerns About Urban Areas: A New Dilemma4.3.1 Amendments to Previous Planning Legislation: The Reluctance of the Central Government to Transfer Planning Rights to Local Governments; 4.3.2 The Outcomes of the New Approach: Increasing Government Intervention; 4.4 The State as a New Actor in the Distribution of Benefits of Urban Development; 4.4.1 Urban Plans and Urban Policy Instruments as a Means of Redistribution: Changing from Indirect to Direct Transfer; 4.5 Conclusions; References
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5 Transnational Neoliberalisation and the Role of Supranational Trade Agreements in Local Urban Policy Implementation: The Case of the European Union5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Globalisation and the Role of International Agreements in Local Urban Policy: The Case of the European Union; 5.3 Dutch Neoliberalisation? Changing Urban Policy Context Towards an Ambiguous 'Way'; 5.4 Constraints for PPP Structures Due to the EU Competitiveness Policy: State Aid and Public Procurement Practices in the Netherlands; 5.4.1 Amersfoort Case (Vathorst): Public Procurement and Consequences for New Town Development
Description / Table of Contents:
5.4.2 Haaksbergen Case: State Aid and Consequences for Urban Renewal
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/978-90-481-8924-3
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