A place for politics in urban theory : the organization and strategies of urban coalitions
Conflit urbain ; Division du travail ; Economie locale ; Localité ; Politique locale ; Politique urbaine ; Théorie urbaine
The A. concludes that urban coalitions are necessarily related to changing wider divisions of labor and modes of regulation. The urban political economy recognizes that processes acting at various scales produce unique forms of urban politics
Non-Weberian political sociology: the politics of collective consumption
Consommation collective ; Epistémologie ; Géographie humaine ; Géographie politique ; Mouvement écologiste ; Politique urbaine ; Sociologie politique ; Théorie urbaine
Le thème de la consommation collective est toujours décrit en termes économistes sur arrière-fonds de thèses marxiennes ou wébériennes. Il doit être davantage vu en termes de politiques urbaines et d'écologie politique. (ALS).
Beijing ; Centralité ; Chine ; Espace urbain ; Géographie politique ; Image de la ville ; Morphologie urbaine ; Paysage urbain ; Politique ; Pouvoir ; Pratique sociale ; Symbolique de l'espace
Beijing ; Centrality ; China ; Perception of the urban environment ; Policy ; Political geography ; Power ; Semiotics of space ; Social practice ; Urban area ; Urban landscape ; Urban morphology
The paper reviews the relevant geographical literature on space, place and politics, then sketches the morphological evolution of the Square and the multiplicity of political meanings concretized in it. It examines the spatial practice of 20th
century oppositional movements focusing on the struggle for the Square in 1989, to demonstrate the extraordinary power of apparently placeless political movements over the production and definition of space.
Communauté ; Espace urbain ; Géographie politique ; Mouvement de protestation ; Mouvement social urbain ; Occupation de l'espace ; Police ; RANCIERE (J.) ; Subjectivité
Community ; Police ; Political geography ; Subjectivity ; Urban area ; Urban social movement
This paper focuses on the work of Jacques Rancière, his view of politics, and its relevance for understanding key aspects of social protest movements such as the Occupy movement. It outlines some of Rancière’s key concepts, such as the distinction
between politics and the police, subjectivity, ‘in-between spaces’, and ‘insubstantial communities’, and attempts to locate his concept of politics within a wider spectrum of political forms in order to bring out its distinctive nature. It concludes
with a discussion of some of the critical questions concerning the effectiveness of this style of politics (questions of political organisation and engagement with the state) and the wider consequences for Rancière’s concept of radical politics.
Rescuing Aunt Sally : taking institutional theory seriously in urban politics
Comportement politique ; Concept ; Gestion urbaine ; Gouvernance ; Institutions ; Politique urbaine ; Pouvoir
The sub-discipline of urban politics has been constructed in opposition to a traditional version of institutional theory. Attention has shifted towards the broader influences on local decision-making and to the growing fragmentation of government
and the rise of partnerships. The article argues that recent developments call for a reformulated theory of the institutional constraints which urban political processes operate.
From urban political economy to cultural political economy : rethinking culture and economy in and beyond the urban
Culturel ; Economie politique ; Géographie urbaine ; Politique urbaine ; Tournant culturel
Cultural studies ; Cultural turn ; Political economy ; Urban geography ; Urban policy
Moving the argument from inquiry on the nature of the economy itself to the transformation of the role of culture and economy in understanding the production of urban form from perspectives based in urban political economy, the paper focuses on how
the challenges posed by the cultural turn have enabled urban political economy to participate constructively in interdisciplinary efforts to reorient political economy in the direction of a cultural political economy.
Transportation and political fragmentation in urban regions
Chicago ; Croissance urbaine ; Etats-Unis ; Gestion urbaine ; Géographie humaine ; Illinois ; Pouvoir local ; Région urbaine ; Siècle XIX ; Siècle XX ; Transport urbain
Urban geography : the urban dimension of economic, political and social restructuring
Collectivité locale ; Economie urbaine ; Espace urbain ; Géographie humaine ; Géographie urbaine ; Internationalisation du capital ; Restructuration économique ; Société urbaine ; Structure urbaine ; Vie politique
La redécouverte des lieux : développement des études sur la localité . La dimension urbaine de l'internationalisation du capital. La dynamique spatiale des activités économiques. Les politiques de changement urbain.
Barcelone 92, une politique urbaine traditionnelle
Barcelona ; Cataluña ; Espagne ; Internationalisation ; Politique urbaine ; Structure urbaine
This paper analyses the recent urban politics of the city of Barcelona, bearing in mind the physical and political background. The main goal of this analysis is the process of internalisation of the city as well as its aims and effects
. The conclusions point out some problems related with the political organization and social cohesion that will deeply concern the future of cities. - (AAG)
Developments in public provision and urban politics: an overview and agenda
Géographie humaine ; Investissement public ; Politique urbaine ; Recherche ; Service ; Services publics
Etat de la recherche sur les services publics, les organisations et le pouvoir dans un contexte urbain: études urbaines, géographie et sociologie en langue anglaise seulement. (Vnm).
Gentrification and the politics of the new middle class
Canada ; Centre-ville ; Classe moyenne ; Classe sociale ; Election ; Embourgeoisement ; Politique urbaine ; Quartier ; Société urbaine ; Statut social
The A. seeks to specify a social lacation for left-liberal politics among a distinctive cadre of social and cultural professionals, the cultural new class. The part played since 1968 by the cultural new class in the gentrifying districts
in redefining the urban politics of Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver is examined. The role of a gentrifying middle class in challenging an hegemony of growth boosterism, and the attempt to sustain a regime of reform politics, are assessed.
Reconstructing an urban and regional political economy : on the state, politics, scale, and explanation
Echelle ; Economie politique ; Economie urbaine ; Etat ; Gestion urbaine ; Politique ; Post-Fordisme ; Technique de recherche ; Théorie de la régulation
Policy ; Political economy ; Post-Fordism ; Regulation theory ; Research technique ; Scale ; State ; Urban administration ; Urban economy
Concurrence ; Etat-nation ; Europe ; Gestion urbaine ; Géographie politique ; Maire ; Politique urbaine ; Pouvoir local ; Pouvoir politique ; Région ; Régionalisation ; Vie politique ; Ville
Competition ; Europe ; Local authority ; Nation-state ; Political geography ; Political life ; Political power ; Region ; Regionalization ; Town ; Urban administration ; Urban policy
This paper explores some issues in representing the geographies of mayoral power in contemporary Europe. It begins by summerizing the idea of a Europe of the Cities and an emerging new mayoral political class in Europe, and then discusses some
of the insights offered by cultural geography in conceptualizing this new agenda in urban politics.