The relationship between spatial planning and economic competitiveness : the ‘path to economic nirvana’ or a ‘dangerous obsession’?

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

BOLAND, P.

School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen’s Univ., Belfast, Irlande

Description :
This article critically analyses the application and operationalisation of neoliberal competitiveness in Northern Ireland and Belfast. In focusing on this unique case study, a deeply divided society with a turbulent history, it takes the debate forward in arguing that rather than offering the ‘path to economic nirvana’ neoliberal competitiveness is a ‘postpolitical strategy’ and represents a ‘dangerous obsession’ for spatial planning.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Environment and planning A, issn : 0308-518X, 2014, vol. 46, n°. 4, p. 770-787, nombre de pages : 18, Références bibliographiques : 4 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Pion

Langue :
Anglais