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University of Arizona
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Lynch, Casey Ryan.
Techno-Social Entanglements and Contested Urban Futures: Producing Space, Subjectivities, and Economies in the Digital City
.
Degree: 2019, University of Arizona
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/633198 
► With the rapid development of new digital technologies, cities are increasingly critical sites of techno-social experimentation and transformation. Through ‘smart city’ initiatives, city governments around…
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▼ With the rapid development of new digital technologies, cities are increasingly critical sites of techno-social experimentation and transformation. Through ‘smart city’ initiatives, city governments around the world are partnering with transnational technology firms to deeply integrate digital technologies—including extensive Internet of Things (IoT) sensing networks and increasingly complex infrastructures for data analytics—into everyday
urban spaces. At the same time, emerging forms of digitally-mediated “platform capitalism,” represented by companies such as Airbnb and Uber, are dramatically disrupting existing economic, political and socio-spatial relations across
urban contexts. In opposition to these trends, citizens’ initiatives in Barcelona, Spain are organizing around calls for “technological sovereignty,” radically rethinking existing models of
urban development by claiming community control over emerging digital technologies.
My ethnographic dissertation asks: Are emerging digital technologies inherently tools of technocratic governance, surveillance, and capital accumulation? Or how might they become loci for imagining and building alternative digital
urban futures? I operationalize this question through three sub-questions focused on the production of alternative economies,
urban space, and digital subjectivities, respectively, within the movement for technological sovereignty in Barcelona. These three sub-questions are the basis of the three articles attached as appendices.
The first paper (Appendix A) explores the concept of technological sovereignty employed by activists in Barcelona, describing its basis in experiments with alternative arrangements of work and property, an ethics of care, and an engagement with municipal institutions. Reviewing existing literature on the
politics of digital development in geography, I argue for the need to think beyond critiques of techno-capitalist development—and beyond binaries of techno-optimism and techno-pessimism. Analyses of ongoing processes of technological change in general, and smart cities in particular, too often present emerging digital technologies as silver-bullet solutions to a multitude of existing societal problems—making the world more connected, efficient, and sustainable, holding the promise to improve quality of life for millions of people. In contrast, more critical approaches highlight the ways such processes facilitate increased state and corporate surveillance, new forms of power and control, and new forms of exploitation and exclusion. Beyond such binaries, this paper argues for the need to imagine a multiplicity of possible social futures emergent in the entangled processes of
urban and technological change. It explores the practices and discourses of the TS movement as a way to demonstrate how such alternatives might be brought about through grassroots organizing and collective experimentation.
The second article (Appendix B) engages geographic literature on the automatic production of space—the way evolving assemblages of…
Advisors/Committee Members: Del Casino, Vincent J., Jr (advisor), Marston, Sallie (committeemember), Oglesby, Elizabeth (committeemember), Stryker, Susan (committeemember).
Subjects/Keywords: Digital;
Futures;
Politics;
Space;
Urban
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Lynch, C. R. (2019). Techno-Social Entanglements and Contested Urban Futures: Producing Space, Subjectivities, and Economies in the Digital City
. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Arizona. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10150/633198
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lynch, Casey Ryan. “Techno-Social Entanglements and Contested Urban Futures: Producing Space, Subjectivities, and Economies in the Digital City
.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Arizona. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/633198.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lynch, Casey Ryan. “Techno-Social Entanglements and Contested Urban Futures: Producing Space, Subjectivities, and Economies in the Digital City
.” 2019. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Lynch CR. Techno-Social Entanglements and Contested Urban Futures: Producing Space, Subjectivities, and Economies in the Digital City
. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Arizona; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/633198.
Council of Science Editors:
Lynch CR. Techno-Social Entanglements and Contested Urban Futures: Producing Space, Subjectivities, and Economies in the Digital City
. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Arizona; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/633198
University of Minnesota
2.
Lucius, Andrew.
Why Cities Fail: Local Political Institutions and the Fates of Metropolitan Economies.
Degree: PhD, Political Science, 2015, University of Minnesota
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/175522
► What differentiates economically successful urban areas from those that fall into decline? This dissertation attempts to improve upon existing answers to this question by examining…
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▼ What differentiates economically successful urban areas from those that fall into decline? This dissertation attempts to improve upon existing answers to this question by examining the relationship between metropolitan political institutions and local economic performance. The impetus for this focus is the significant role that political institutions have come to play in explaining the structure and long-term performance of national economies. To apply this line of reasoning to the urban level, I examine three metropolitan institutions with plausible links to the local economy's structure and performance. Rather than focusing on variation in local decision-making rules (the most common approach to studying political institutions), I focus on variation in the organizational avenues available for achieving policy outcomes. The three institutional avenues I analyze are: 1) the degree of territorial–or Tiebout–competition (representing the ability to obtain policy outcomes by leveraging intergovernmental competition); 2) the revenue capacity of the primary city government (representing the ability to obtain policy outcomes by lobbying a large-scale government); and 3) the prevalence of special district governments (representing the ability to obtain policy outcomes by creating independent, specialized governments). To examine the economic effects of these institutions, I consider their characteristics in light of a three-stage theory of urban economic development. Using this framework, I derive hypotheses linking the prevalence of each institution to the structure and performance of the metropolitan economy in each stage. Testing these hypotheses via panel regression analysis, I find that both a higher capacity primary city government and an increased prevalence of special districts consistently boost metropolitan economic performance across the stages (as measured by the metropolitan income level). In contrast, a higher degree of territorial competition has a more limited impact, improving a metropolitan area's international competitiveness (but not its income level) and doing so only during the second stage of development. I finish the dissertation by applying these insights to the decline of metropolitan Detroit, demonstrating how they improve a prominent explanation found in neoclassical urban economics.
Subjects/Keywords: political economy; urban political economy; urban politics
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Lucius, A. (2015). Why Cities Fail: Local Political Institutions and the Fates of Metropolitan Economies. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Minnesota. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11299/175522
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Lucius, Andrew. “Why Cities Fail: Local Political Institutions and the Fates of Metropolitan Economies.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Minnesota. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11299/175522.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Lucius, Andrew. “Why Cities Fail: Local Political Institutions and the Fates of Metropolitan Economies.” 2015. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Lucius A. Why Cities Fail: Local Political Institutions and the Fates of Metropolitan Economies. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Minnesota; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/175522.
Council of Science Editors:
Lucius A. Why Cities Fail: Local Political Institutions and the Fates of Metropolitan Economies. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Minnesota; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/175522
University of Illinois – Chicago
3.
Guridy, Vanessa.
Juntos Pero No Revueltos: Latino Political Participation in Context.
Degree: 2017, University of Illinois – Chicago
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/21931
► This dissertation analyzes Latino political leadership in Waukegan, IL, a new immigrant destination. Using in-depth interviews, this work examines intra-group divisions among Latino political leaders…
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▼ This dissertation analyzes Latino political leadership in Waukegan, IL, a new immigrant destination. Using in-depth interviews, this work examines intra-group divisions among Latino political leaders in Waukegan and contextualizes the findings through a comparison with Latino
politics in nearby Chicago. Works analyzing Latino political behavior often focus on varying countries of origin and socio-economic positions and can miss nuanced differences among Latinos and the ways their political context impacts their participation. This dissertation provides two models which deepen our understanding of Latino political leadership, and more specifically, the differences inherent within the broader category. The Latino Analytical Model groups individuals into porous categories according to their social and cultural capital, and considers the choice to become politically engaged, as well as any constraints on political participation. The Contextual Model begins to parse out the effects of local context and history on Latino political leadership. This dissertation is largely a work about Latino
politics in Waukegan, but also provides a historical analysis of Latino
politics in Chicago to illustrate the effect of space on leadership choices. Through these models, this work moves analysis of a Latino constituency away from a monolithic singular group, to one made up of various political and at times conflicting political interests.
Advisors/Committee Members: Pallares, Amalia V (advisor), Torres, Maria de los Angeles (committee member), Johnson, Cedric (committee member), Moruzzi, Norma (committee member), Flores-Gonzalez, Nilda (committee member), Pallares, Amalia V (chair).
Subjects/Keywords: Latino Politics; Urban/Suburban politics; Waukegan politics; Chicago politics; Latino Analytical Model; Contextual Model
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Guridy, V. (2017). Juntos Pero No Revueltos: Latino Political Participation in Context. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/21931
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Guridy, Vanessa. “Juntos Pero No Revueltos: Latino Political Participation in Context.” 2017. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10027/21931.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Guridy, Vanessa. “Juntos Pero No Revueltos: Latino Political Participation in Context.” 2017. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Guridy V. Juntos Pero No Revueltos: Latino Political Participation in Context. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/21931.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Guridy V. Juntos Pero No Revueltos: Latino Political Participation in Context. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/21931
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Penn State University
4.
Derickson, Kate Driscoll.
Neoliberalism and the politics of land use in post-Katrina Mississippi.
Degree: 2011, Penn State University
URL: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/11630
► While scholarly work in critical geography on the neoliberalization of urban governance has been widely influenced by the Regulation Approach, emphasizing the embedded nature of…
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▼ While scholarly work in critical geography on the neoliberalization of
urban governance has been widely influenced by the Regulation Approach, emphasizing the embedded nature of the economy in institutional relationships, it has neglected to explore the role of cultural
politics in explaining uneven development and facilitating the stability of capital accumulation. Drawing on three years of research on coastal Mississippi, this study explores the role of cultural
politics in explaining the uneven geographies of recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Building on subsequent engagements with “first generation” regulation-theoretic analysis that attempt to flesh out a conception of the relationship between cultural
politics and accumulation, I argue that in coastal Mississippi, the material space necessary to remake the built environment in ways more amenable to neoliberal
urban governance has been created through disinvestment in poor neighborhoods of color. That disinvestment, in turn, has been legitimized through notions of the alleged pathologies of race and poverty. I then consider the political implications of various modes of engagement with the redevelopment process in light of this theoretical framework.
Advisors/Committee Members: James Mc Carthy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor, James Mc Carthy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair, Lorraine Dowler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair, Melissa Wright, Committee Member, John Philip Christman, Committee Member, Jamie Peck, Committee Member.
Subjects/Keywords: neoliberalism; land use; urban politics; Hurricane Katrina
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Derickson, K. D. (2011). Neoliberalism and the politics of land use in post-Katrina Mississippi. (Thesis). Penn State University. Retrieved from https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/11630
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Derickson, Kate Driscoll. “Neoliberalism and the politics of land use in post-Katrina Mississippi.” 2011. Thesis, Penn State University. Accessed March 07, 2021.
https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/11630.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Derickson, Kate Driscoll. “Neoliberalism and the politics of land use in post-Katrina Mississippi.” 2011. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Derickson KD. Neoliberalism and the politics of land use in post-Katrina Mississippi. [Internet] [Thesis]. Penn State University; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/11630.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Derickson KD. Neoliberalism and the politics of land use in post-Katrina Mississippi. [Thesis]. Penn State University; 2011. Available from: https://submit-etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/11630
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Universidade Nova
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Vanspauwen, Bart Paul.
The revolution of lusophone musics in the city of Lisbon.
Degree: 2010, Universidade Nova
URL: http://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:run.unl.pt:10362/5681
► Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciências Musiciais. Variante de Etnomusicologia
This dissertation explores the concept of…
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▼ Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à
obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciências Musiciais. Variante de
Etnomusicologia
This dissertation explores the concept of lusofonia. Departing from a discursive
analysis of the concept, I will address the ways through which it figures in the cultural
policies of the Municipality of Lisbon and of governmental institutions, and how it
informs their actions. I will also explore the role of voluntary associations such as
Sons da Lusofonia that evoke lusofonia as part of their goals. I will then analyze how
the concept of lusofonia and the action of governmental institutions and voluntary
associations inform the creative work and identities of selected Portuguese-speaking
migrant musicians from the PALOP (African Portuguese-speaking countries), Brazil
and East Timor.
Advisors/Committee Members: Castelo-Branco, Salwa El-Shawan.
Subjects/Keywords: lusofonia; migration; cultural politics; urban ethnomusicology; identity
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Vanspauwen, B. P. (2010). The revolution of lusophone musics in the city of Lisbon. (Thesis). Universidade Nova. Retrieved from http://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:run.unl.pt:10362/5681
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Vanspauwen, Bart Paul. “The revolution of lusophone musics in the city of Lisbon.” 2010. Thesis, Universidade Nova. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:run.unl.pt:10362/5681.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Vanspauwen, Bart Paul. “The revolution of lusophone musics in the city of Lisbon.” 2010. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Vanspauwen BP. The revolution of lusophone musics in the city of Lisbon. [Internet] [Thesis]. Universidade Nova; 2010. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:run.unl.pt:10362/5681.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Vanspauwen BP. The revolution of lusophone musics in the city of Lisbon. [Thesis]. Universidade Nova; 2010. Available from: http://www.rcaap.pt/detail.jsp?id=oai:run.unl.pt:10362/5681
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Bath
6.
Jackman, David Glenn.
Living in the shade of others : intermediation, politics and violence in Dhaka city.
Degree: PhD, 2017, University of Bath
URL: https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/living-in-the-shade-of-others-intermediation-politics-and-violence-in-dhaka-city(1ed31a8c-5d61-4621-b57c-3b7049aa842a).html
;
https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723337
► Bangladesh is often perceived as disordered, characterised by the absence of law abiding systems of governance, and with the poor left to rely on corrupt…
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▼ Bangladesh is often perceived as disordered, characterised by the absence of law abiding systems of governance, and with the poor left to rely on corrupt and dysfunctional relationships. This thesis tells a different story. Examining the lives of people living in the open and most basic slums ethnographically in Dhaka city reveals that people have complex dependencies on ‘intermediaries’ or ‘brokers’ to access resources. Rather than see these relationships as dysfunctional, the core argument developed is that they are inherently part of how social order is maintained in Bangladeshi society. If order is understood as contingent on actors throughout society establishing a dominant capability for violence and accruing resources on this basis, then intermediation can be seen as a prominent means by which both of these ends are achieved. These relationships are thus intertwined with how violence is organised and controlled. A young man who grew up at a bazar described how people need to live in the shade of others, and this metaphor is used to portray this phenomenon. This thesis argues that intermediation in Dhaka has changed significantly over the past decade, with the mastan gangs once identified as powerful in radical decline, replaced by wings of the ruling political party. At the lowest levels of urban society, a complex web of intermediaries exists, including labour leaders, political leaders, their followers and informers. Some people attempt to rise in this order by mobilising as factions and demonstrating their capability for violence, but more generally people employ tactics and strategies for avoiding, negotiating and even exiting these relationships. Negotiating these relationships and one’s place in this order is conceptualised here as the politics of intermediation.
Subjects/Keywords: 9549.2; Violence; Bangladesh; Intermediation; politics; labour; Urban
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Jackman, D. G. (2017). Living in the shade of others : intermediation, politics and violence in Dhaka city. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Bath. Retrieved from https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/living-in-the-shade-of-others-intermediation-politics-and-violence-in-dhaka-city(1ed31a8c-5d61-4621-b57c-3b7049aa842a).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723337
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Jackman, David Glenn. “Living in the shade of others : intermediation, politics and violence in Dhaka city.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Bath. Accessed March 07, 2021.
https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/living-in-the-shade-of-others-intermediation-politics-and-violence-in-dhaka-city(1ed31a8c-5d61-4621-b57c-3b7049aa842a).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723337.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Jackman, David Glenn. “Living in the shade of others : intermediation, politics and violence in Dhaka city.” 2017. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Jackman DG. Living in the shade of others : intermediation, politics and violence in Dhaka city. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Bath; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/living-in-the-shade-of-others-intermediation-politics-and-violence-in-dhaka-city(1ed31a8c-5d61-4621-b57c-3b7049aa842a).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723337.
Council of Science Editors:
Jackman DG. Living in the shade of others : intermediation, politics and violence in Dhaka city. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Bath; 2017. Available from: https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/living-in-the-shade-of-others-intermediation-politics-and-violence-in-dhaka-city(1ed31a8c-5d61-4621-b57c-3b7049aa842a).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723337
7.
Acuff, Christopher Johnson.
Beyond the City-County Divide: Race, Referenda, and Representation in Consolidated Governments.
Degree: 2017, University of Tennessee – Knoxville
URL: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/4602
► Despite an abundance of research on the impacts of city-county consolidation, the majority of studies to date have focused on outcomes related to efficiency, effectiveness,…
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▼ Despite an abundance of research on the impacts of city-county consolidation, the majority of studies to date have focused on outcomes related to efficiency, effectiveness, and economic development. However, two areas which have gone relatively unexplored, particularly from a quantitative perspective, relate to the impact of consolidation on minority representation, as well as the determinants of successful referenda often required in establishing these forms of government. The existing literature on representation is sparse, and often relies on anecdotes or a small number of individual examples. Further, while several in-depth studies have attempted to assess the factors which contribute to successful and unsuccessful consolidation attempts, analyses often rely on qualitative assessments of aggregate results and macro-level dynamics.
Using a variety of data and methods, this study presents new perspectives on these under-explored aspects of consolidation. In examining African American representation, this analysis provides both aggregate and county-by-county results showing that while representation has increased in most consolidated governments, a great deal of progress remains in order to reach parity. Further, individual county results raise questions about the negative impact consolidation continues to have, including in more recent cases, and in states formerly covered under preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act. Additionally, with regard to consolidation campaigns, findings reveal that race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status play a large role in voting patterns related to referenda approval. Together, these results provide further insights on factors contributing to consolidation approval, as well as the potential impacts that adopting a new form of government will have on the African American community. In all, these findings have implications for academics, elected officials, and reformers who wish to better understand the nature of consolidation campaigns, and serves as a reminder of the continuing challenges faced in trying to achieve equitable representation in local government.
Subjects/Keywords: Local government; Consolidation; Representation; Referendum; Urban politics; American Politics; Public Administration
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Acuff, C. J. (2017). Beyond the City-County Divide: Race, Referenda, and Representation in Consolidated Governments. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Tennessee – Knoxville. Retrieved from https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/4602
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Acuff, Christopher Johnson. “Beyond the City-County Divide: Race, Referenda, and Representation in Consolidated Governments.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Tennessee – Knoxville. Accessed March 07, 2021.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/4602.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Acuff, Christopher Johnson. “Beyond the City-County Divide: Race, Referenda, and Representation in Consolidated Governments.” 2017. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Acuff CJ. Beyond the City-County Divide: Race, Referenda, and Representation in Consolidated Governments. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Tennessee – Knoxville; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/4602.
Council of Science Editors:
Acuff CJ. Beyond the City-County Divide: Race, Referenda, and Representation in Consolidated Governments. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Tennessee – Knoxville; 2017. Available from: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/4602
University of California – Berkeley
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Burga, Hector Fernando.
Spatial Politics in Metropolitan Miami: Cuban American Empowerment, Municipal Incorporations, and Cultural Production.
Degree: City & Regional Planning, 2013, University of California – Berkeley
URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/547576p8
► This dissertation examines the political tensions between metropolitan planning and immigrant incorporation in Miami over the past 50 years. I develop a planning history encompassing…
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▼ This dissertation examines the political tensions between metropolitan planning and immigrant incorporation in Miami over the past 50 years. I develop a planning history encompassing the transformation of metropolitan planning in Dade County from the early 1960's to the post-Cuban period in contemporary times. By combining the historical analysis of planning documents, data from interviews with different actors shaping planning practice - metropolitan planners, community development practitioners, residents and artists - and participant observations of charrettes and grassroots mobilizations of local residents, I analyze how immigrant empowerment influenced the work of metropolitan planners and currently yields political practices through the deployment of discourses that uphold cultural production as a place-making strategy. By developing the concept of spatial politics, I argue that an analysis of urban space is crucial to understand immigrant incorporation and empowerment in American Cities. I define spatial politics as the practices and tactics carried out by social groups to achieve political empowerment in the City. By tracing the effects of immigration in the history of metropolitan planning in Miami, I consider how spatial politics is exemplified by linkages between planning, community development, and political mobilizations carried out by social groups competing for political control in an urban context transformed by the status of immigrants as the social majority. In Chapter One, I introduce the physical context of metropolitan Miami. I provide a mapping of Miami's urban geography, government structure and socio-demographic composition. I continue by developing the narrative of a participant observation based on a contentious policy measure voted upon in 2010 that aimed to give control of planning decisions to local community groups: Amendment Four. The Amendment Four debate illustrates the underlying tensions of Miami's urban politics as it is defined by claims and counter-claims defined by ethnicity and the experience of immigration. I continue by explaining the need to explore the relationship between immigrant incorporation and urban planning through an analytical lens that considers the empowerment of immigrant groups. In Chapter Two I draw on archival evidence from Dade County's Department of Planning and Zoning and carry out a review of Miami's architectural, urban design and urban history literature to develop a history of metropolitan planning in Dade County. I argue that Miami's urban historiography has mostly emphasized developers, architects and entrepreneurs as the main actors of urban transformation. Due to this tendency, the relationship between social history, immigration and planning has remained mostly unexplored. By considering the work of metropolitan planners from the introduction of the "Home Rule" Charter and the Two-tier System of governance through the development of Miami's first set of comprehensive development master plans, I analyze how demographic change and immigrant…
Subjects/Keywords: Urban planning; Political Science; Cubans; Metropolitan; Miami; Planning; Politics; Urban
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Burga, H. F. (2013). Spatial Politics in Metropolitan Miami: Cuban American Empowerment, Municipal Incorporations, and Cultural Production. (Thesis). University of California – Berkeley. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/547576p8
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Burga, Hector Fernando. “Spatial Politics in Metropolitan Miami: Cuban American Empowerment, Municipal Incorporations, and Cultural Production.” 2013. Thesis, University of California – Berkeley. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/547576p8.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Burga, Hector Fernando. “Spatial Politics in Metropolitan Miami: Cuban American Empowerment, Municipal Incorporations, and Cultural Production.” 2013. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Burga HF. Spatial Politics in Metropolitan Miami: Cuban American Empowerment, Municipal Incorporations, and Cultural Production. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/547576p8.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Burga HF. Spatial Politics in Metropolitan Miami: Cuban American Empowerment, Municipal Incorporations, and Cultural Production. [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2013. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/547576p8
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Wayne State University
9.
Wooddell, Michelle Lynn.
Regime Theory Revisited: The Role Of Nonprofit Organizations In Urban Policymaking.
Degree: PhD, Political Science, 2014, Wayne State University
URL: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1033
► REGIME THEORY REVISITED: THE ROLE OF NONPROFITS IN URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT by MICHELLE L. WOODDELL AUGUST 2014 Advisor: Dr. Brady Baybeck Major: Political Science…
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▼ REGIME THEORY REVISITED: THE ROLE
OF NONPROFITS IN
URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
by
MICHELLE L. WOODDELL
AUGUST 2014
Advisor: Dr. Brady Baybeck
Major: Political Science
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
While quite a bit has been written about the policymaking roles played by government and business actors, much less attention has been paid to the ways in which the U.S. nonprofit sector contributes to policy outcomes in
urban areas. The dominant theory of
urban governance, regime theory, has thus far marginalized the policymaking importance of nonprofits in
urban areas, arguing that their role has largely been restricted to that of interested observer and occasional assistant rather than forceful actor or active partner. In certain
urban policy arenas, however, the active participation of the nonprofit sector and its leaders can be a critical factor in the achievement of desirable policy outcomes, as government and business actors alone are not able to mobilize the resources necessary to accomplish policy goals. By examining the actors, processes, and outcomes in selected policy arenas in a major American city (Detroit) during the first decade of the 21st century, my research assesses the degree to which the nonprofit sector plays a collaborative and leadership role in
urban policymaking.
Advisors/Committee Members: Brady Baybeck.
Subjects/Keywords: nonprofit management; nonprofits; regime theory; urban management; urban politics; Public Administration
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Wooddell, M. L. (2014). Regime Theory Revisited: The Role Of Nonprofit Organizations In Urban Policymaking. (Doctoral Dissertation). Wayne State University. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1033
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Wooddell, Michelle Lynn. “Regime Theory Revisited: The Role Of Nonprofit Organizations In Urban Policymaking.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Wayne State University. Accessed March 07, 2021.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1033.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Wooddell, Michelle Lynn. “Regime Theory Revisited: The Role Of Nonprofit Organizations In Urban Policymaking.” 2014. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Wooddell ML. Regime Theory Revisited: The Role Of Nonprofit Organizations In Urban Policymaking. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1033.
Council of Science Editors:
Wooddell ML. Regime Theory Revisited: The Role Of Nonprofit Organizations In Urban Policymaking. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Wayne State University; 2014. Available from: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1033
University of Illinois – Chicago
10.
Bassett, Samuel T.
Consultants, Urban Leadership, and the Replica City.
Degree: 2015, University of Illinois – Chicago
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19511
► This dissertation examines the role of external experts in local agenda setting. The study conducts on archival research on three components of Oklahoma City’s Metropolitan…
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▼ This dissertation examines the role of external experts in local agenda setting. The study conducts on archival research on three components of Oklahoma City’s Metropolitan Area Projects programs, specifically education, indoor arenas, and convention centers. The decline in local leadership (especially regimes), an increased demand for complex amenities, and the emergence of a trans-
urban policy network provide outside actors with agenda setting power. Evidence suggests that agenda setting for
urban revitalization has shifted from “inside-out” to an “outside-in” model since the 1980s. Formerly
urban leaders would request assistance for specific tactics aimed at
urban revitalization; contemporary
urban leaders articulate larger objectives to consultants but rely on advice to determine specific programs. A constellation of advocacy coalitions fill niches within the city building policy network, but no central actor organizes their activity. Although
urban leaders may rely on outside actors for agenda items, local leaders retain the ability to determine the physical distribution and interaction of infrastructure, which impacts the efficacy of
urban revitalization projects.
Advisors/Committee Members: Judd, Dennis R. (advisor), McFarland, Andrew S. (committee member), McKenzie, Evan (committee member), Pagano, Michael A. (committee member), Bennett, Larry (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: urban revitalization; Oklahoma City; agenda setting; urban politics; globalization; interest groups
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Bassett, S. T. (2015). Consultants, Urban Leadership, and the Replica City. (Thesis). University of Illinois – Chicago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19511
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bassett, Samuel T. “Consultants, Urban Leadership, and the Replica City.” 2015. Thesis, University of Illinois – Chicago. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19511.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bassett, Samuel T. “Consultants, Urban Leadership, and the Replica City.” 2015. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Bassett ST. Consultants, Urban Leadership, and the Replica City. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19511.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Bassett ST. Consultants, Urban Leadership, and the Replica City. [Thesis]. University of Illinois – Chicago; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/19511
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Ottawa
11.
Weiler, Leah.
Navigating Ethnic Identity in Neighbourhoods of Difference: Resident Perceptions in Urumqi, China
.
Degree: 2015, University of Ottawa
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32498
► Critical urban studies has shifted in recent years toward a focus on inequality and identity-based tension in developing countries. These theories have evolved alongside pressure…
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▼ Critical urban studies has shifted in recent years toward a focus on inequality and identity-based tension in developing countries. These theories have evolved alongside pressure for inclusive urban governance that recognizes a right to difference for minorities in cities.
In the rapidly urbanizing People's Republic of China, these complex issues threaten the inclusiveness of future development. Ürümqi, the capital city of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), has been the site of social unrest between the Han Chinese majority and the Uyghur minority for more than a century. Economic growth and urbanization have resulted in increasing inequality and tensions between Han and Uyghur people that periodically erupt in violence, as did in Ürümqi in July of 2009. These tensions are complicated by the socio-economic marginalization of minorities, and the exclusion of the overall population from urban governance processes. Following the July 2009 riots, the Xinjiang government expressed willingness for more inclusive urban development; however the local government lacks the necessary tools to facilitate participation, and as such resident perceptions go unheard.
This study adapts critical urban theory and Chinese political thought for the non-democratic context of Ürümqi, China. The perceptions of local residents are evaluated using a questionnaire and focus groups, through which it is shown that resident perceptions and use of urban space are heavily affected by ethnic identity. This, coupled with the banning of Uyghur cultural practices and exclusion of residents from public affairs, exacerbates urban inequalities and identity-based tension. It is important that critical urban studies take residents' inability to participate in urban governance processes (particularly in non-democratic contexts) into account when studying the link between identity and urban space.
Subjects/Keywords: China;
Xinjiang;
Ethnic identity;
Urban space;
Urban development;
Identity politics
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. (Thesis). University of Ottawa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32498
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Weiler, Leah. “Navigating Ethnic Identity in Neighbourhoods of Difference: Resident Perceptions in Urumqi, China
.” 2015. Thesis, University of Ottawa. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32498.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Weiler, Leah. “Navigating Ethnic Identity in Neighbourhoods of Difference: Resident Perceptions in Urumqi, China
.” 2015. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Weiler L. Navigating Ethnic Identity in Neighbourhoods of Difference: Resident Perceptions in Urumqi, China
. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Ottawa; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32498.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Weiler L. Navigating Ethnic Identity in Neighbourhoods of Difference: Resident Perceptions in Urumqi, China
. [Thesis]. University of Ottawa; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32498
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
12.
Burballa Noria, Alfred.
The governance of megaproject developments : lessons from the comparison of two contested infrastructure projects.
Degree: PhD, 2018, Ulster University
URL: https://ulster.pure.elsevier.com/en/studentTheses/48702d75-b8a4-4cca-bcad-ba449860a00b
;
https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.793702
► The purpose of this thesis is to identify and understand the factors and mechanisms that underpin the resilience of megaproject developments. To interrogate the subject,…
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▼ The purpose of this thesis is to identify and understand the factors and mechanisms that underpin the resilience of megaproject developments. To interrogate the subject, the study draws tools from critical urban political theory which enable to analyse and conceptualise the multiple political and governance components making up the process. The study consists of a qualitative design and adopts a comparative strategy. The comparison is conducted between two high-speed railway contested developments: the New Line TurinLyon (Italy) and the New Railway for the Basque Country (Spain). In terms of data collection, the study relies on semi-structured interviews, documents and complementary participant observations. Salient elements within the governance processes are inductively identified through the thematic analysis technique. The analysis is then supported by a contextualisation of the case studies that highlights a plethora of aspects with implications for the governance process. The analysis notes the different interrelated mechanisms and governance arrangements that contribute to the buttressing of the megaproject development processes. In first instance it notes how the extant politico-economic configurations and structures constitute a relevant source of support through their discourses and techniques of government but also through the underlying consent. Additionally, from a agency-centred perspective, it outlines further manoeuvres and tactics that contribute to strengthen the megaproject plans, from coalitional practices to managerial arrangements. Lastly, it interrogates the ways in which the opposition is undermined to further secure the plans through the operating state selectivities in addition to coercive measures. Accordingly, the thesis brings forward a unique contribution to the field of megaproject scholarly work emphasising on the political nature of their governance. It concludes noting that the factors and mechanisms underlying megaproject governance are multi-faceted. More specifically, their resilience derives from practices on the ground but also from the politicoeconomic and socio-spatial configurations in which, as political processes, they are inserted.
Subjects/Keywords: Megaproject; Urban governance; Urban politics; Infrastructure-related conflicts
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Burballa Noria, A. (2018). The governance of megaproject developments : lessons from the comparison of two contested infrastructure projects. (Doctoral Dissertation). Ulster University. Retrieved from https://ulster.pure.elsevier.com/en/studentTheses/48702d75-b8a4-4cca-bcad-ba449860a00b ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.793702
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Burballa Noria, Alfred. “The governance of megaproject developments : lessons from the comparison of two contested infrastructure projects.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, Ulster University. Accessed March 07, 2021.
https://ulster.pure.elsevier.com/en/studentTheses/48702d75-b8a4-4cca-bcad-ba449860a00b ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.793702.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Burballa Noria, Alfred. “The governance of megaproject developments : lessons from the comparison of two contested infrastructure projects.” 2018. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Burballa Noria A. The governance of megaproject developments : lessons from the comparison of two contested infrastructure projects. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Ulster University; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: https://ulster.pure.elsevier.com/en/studentTheses/48702d75-b8a4-4cca-bcad-ba449860a00b ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.793702.
Council of Science Editors:
Burballa Noria A. The governance of megaproject developments : lessons from the comparison of two contested infrastructure projects. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Ulster University; 2018. Available from: https://ulster.pure.elsevier.com/en/studentTheses/48702d75-b8a4-4cca-bcad-ba449860a00b ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.793702
University of Melbourne
13.
Li, Xiang.
Power Relations in Urban Consolidation: Case Study of three Residential Redevelopment Projects in Shenzhen, China.
Degree: 2019, University of Melbourne
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/233881
► In 2004, the Chinese Central Government introduced the urban consolidation (Cun Liang Gui Hua) policy, aiming at a change in development approaches from urban expansion…
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▼ In 2004, the Chinese Central Government introduced the urban consolidation (Cun Liang Gui Hua) policy, aiming at a change in development approaches from urban expansion in periphery areas to intensification in built-up urban areas. The rationale behind is to address the severe problems caused by rapid urbanization, such as land use inefficiency, environment deterioration, and increasing local debts. Through the promulgation of stringent limitation on rural land acquisition in the mid-2000s, the new policy enhanced urban redevelopment, especially in mega-cities facing acute land scarcity in their established areas. The implementation of the urban consolidation policy has been accompanied by further policy additions, which are introduced to balance the power distribution among the stakeholders, and accordingly lead to changes in procedures and mechanisms.
Building upon Giddens’ structuration theory, Foucault’s approach to power and Ostrom’s institutional analysis and development framework, this research develops a power arena framework to examine the power relations among the stakeholders in urban consolidation. Case studies of three dilapidated residential areas in Luohu and Futian districts, Shenzhen are selected to develop and test the framework. Data are collected from semi-structured interviews and site observations, supplemented by information gathered from newspapers and social media.
The main findings show that the new policy and its associated institutional amendment empowered the individual property owners to participate in the decision making process and the mounting community power to some extent constrained the power of the local government. However, the local government is still capable of manipulating all the other stakeholders thus plays a dominant role in the various power relations. The expectations on a transformation towards collaborative institutions have not fully achieved, especially in situations where government intervention was excluded. The distribution of power among stakeholders is neither flat nor random but hierarchical in urban consolidation. The institutional arrangements place the involved actors to the various positions in the power hierarchy at the top of which the state power sits. China’s institutional reform seems not aiming at establishing a participatory governance system to pacify social resistance and smooth the way of urban redevelopment. Rather, the reform ultimately contributes to enhancing state power over urban land and development. The findings are theoretically and practically significant. They contribute to understanding the complex power relations underlying urban development and explaining urban governance influenced by changing planning policies.
Subjects/Keywords: Urban Planning; Urban Redevelopment; Urban Consolidation; Urban Governance; Power Relations; Residential Redevelopment; Urban Politics; Shenzhen; China
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Li, X. (2019). Power Relations in Urban Consolidation: Case Study of three Residential Redevelopment Projects in Shenzhen, China. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Melbourne. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11343/233881
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Li, Xiang. “Power Relations in Urban Consolidation: Case Study of three Residential Redevelopment Projects in Shenzhen, China.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Melbourne. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/11343/233881.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Li, Xiang. “Power Relations in Urban Consolidation: Case Study of three Residential Redevelopment Projects in Shenzhen, China.” 2019. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Li X. Power Relations in Urban Consolidation: Case Study of three Residential Redevelopment Projects in Shenzhen, China. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/233881.
Council of Science Editors:
Li X. Power Relations in Urban Consolidation: Case Study of three Residential Redevelopment Projects in Shenzhen, China. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Melbourne; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/233881
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
14.
Calderon, Camilo.
Politicising participation.
Degree: 2013, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
URL: http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/10390/
► The involvement of local communities in public space planning and design processes is widely promoted as an essential element of landscape architecture and urban design…
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▼ The involvement of local communities in public space planning and design processes is widely promoted as an essential element of landscape architecture and urban design practice. Despite this, there has been little theorisation of this topic within these fields. Furthermore, the implementation of ideals and principles commonly found in theory are far from becoming mainstream practice, indicating a significant gap between the theory and practice of participation.
This thesis aims to contribute to the development of theories of participation in the planning and design of public spaces. It steps away from the prevailing normative and procedural approach to theory development, and instead adopts a critical approach grounded on the deep understanding of the challenges of participation in the planning and design of public spaces. Case studies of two urban renewal projects, in Medellin, Colombia, and in Barcelona, Spain, and their participatory processes, are used for building up the
theoretical contribution.
The empirical and theoretical findings foreground the contextual and political nature of participatory processes. Contextual, in the sense that the implementation of ideals and principles found in theory is facilitated or hindered by the social, political and economic context in which a participatory process takes place. Political, in the sense that in complex contexts that comprise a wide range of actors, and where contrasting goals and agendas are at stake, the implementation of these theoretical ideals and principles is significantly challenged by politics involving deep differences, conflicts and power relations.
The findings also show that prevailing theories of participation within landscape architecture and urban design do not take into consideration the contextual and political nature of participatory processes. This renders these theories weak in their capacity to respond to the challenges encountered by participatory processes in contemporary public space projects. This is particularly so as the dynamics of increasing pluralisation, muliticultarisation and neoliberalisation of cities create contexts that hinder the implementation of the ideals and principles found in theory, and increase the challenges caused by their political nature. Consequently, this thesis proposes a new theoretical approach to participation in the planning and design of public spaces, that allows context-based distinctions and judgements about the qualities of participatory practices for just decision-making. Difference, conflict and power are central in this approach. This thesis establishes this theoretical departure point and makes a significant contribution towards the development of the proposed theoretical approach.
Subjects/Keywords: urban areas; planning; participation; landscaping; urban environment; design; politics; participation; public space; landscape architecture; urban design; planning; politics; context
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Calderon, C. (2013). Politicising participation. (Doctoral Dissertation). Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Retrieved from http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/10390/
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Calderon, Camilo. “Politicising participation.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/10390/.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Calderon, Camilo. “Politicising participation.” 2013. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Calderon C. Politicising participation. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/10390/.
Council of Science Editors:
Calderon C. Politicising participation. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; 2013. Available from: http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/10390/
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
15.
Martínez González, Beatriz del Carmen, 1980-.
Políticas urbanas de Reordenamento e desenho urbano em Madri e a sua aplicabilidade nas Operações Urbanas de São Paulo : Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo: Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo.
Degree: 2017, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
URL: http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/330250
► Abstract: Neoliberal urbanism is characterized, above all, by the increase of the private sector in urban decision making, assuming the use of the public power…
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▼ Abstract: Neoliberal urbanism is characterized, above all, by the increase of the private sector in
urban decision making, assuming the use of the public power to benefit the private interest. As a consequence, in the last decades we have seen increase of social inequality and its spatial consequences, in an increasingly globalized world.
Urban Operation (OpUrb) is a the paradigm planning instrument of this neoliberal movement, used mainly for the management of large
urban areas of São Paulo. This instrument has been the
subject of several criticisms that question its ability to structure the
urban space in a fair and democratic manner. A similar planning instrument in Spain is the
Urban Action Programs (PAU). This planning instrument is also the paradigm of Spanish neoliberal urbanism used, mainly, to develop large expansion areas of the city of Madrid. These
urban projects are managed and implemented through the Land Readjustment (LR) whose results, according to the cases analyzed in this study, seem to be effective in relation to the transparency of the process and its outcome as
urban design. The objective of this research is to verify the feasibility of implementing the LR method in a
Urban Operation, from the hypothesis that the problem of
Urban Operation is the lack of regulatory instruments that reconcile the interests of the real estate market with those of the population and the State. The methodology used was based on the Design Science method. In the theoretical phase, the management and planning instrument on
Urban Operation and PAU were analyzed comparatively, using Operação Urbana Agua Branca (OUAG) and PAU Carabanchel as case studies. In the practical phase, the LR was applied in an
Urban Operation, using the
urban design of the winning project of the Bairro Novo contest. The study concludes that it is possible to use the LR instrument in the
Urban Operation. In addition, LR proved to be more effective and economical since, in addition to recovering the capital gains for local owners, it considers spatial outcomes as an integral part of social phenomena
Advisors/Committee Members: UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS (CRUESP), Medrano, Leandro Silva, 1968- (advisor), Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo (institution), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura, Tecnologia e Cidade (nameofprogram), Santoro, Paula Freire (committee member), Shimbo, Lúcia Zanin (committee member), Schicchi, Maria Cristina da Silva (committee member), Francisco Filho, Lauro Luiz (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Neoliberalismo; Politica urbana - Madri; Política urbana - São Paulo (SP); Planejamento urbano; Neoliberalism; Urban design; Urban politics - Madrid; Urban politics - São Paulo
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Martínez González, Beatriz del Carmen, 1. (2017). Políticas urbanas de Reordenamento e desenho urbano em Madri e a sua aplicabilidade nas Operações Urbanas de São Paulo : Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo: Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo. (Thesis). Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Retrieved from http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/330250
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Martínez González, Beatriz del Carmen, 1980-. “Políticas urbanas de Reordenamento e desenho urbano em Madri e a sua aplicabilidade nas Operações Urbanas de São Paulo : Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo: Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo.” 2017. Thesis, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/330250.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Martínez González, Beatriz del Carmen, 1980-. “Políticas urbanas de Reordenamento e desenho urbano em Madri e a sua aplicabilidade nas Operações Urbanas de São Paulo : Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo: Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo.” 2017. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Martínez González, Beatriz del Carmen 1. Políticas urbanas de Reordenamento e desenho urbano em Madri e a sua aplicabilidade nas Operações Urbanas de São Paulo : Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo: Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo. [Internet] [Thesis]. Universidade Estadual de Campinas; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/330250.
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Martínez González, Beatriz del Carmen 1. Políticas urbanas de Reordenamento e desenho urbano em Madri e a sua aplicabilidade nas Operações Urbanas de São Paulo : Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo: Políticas urbanas de Reparcelación y diseño urbano en Madrid y su aplicación en las Operaciones Urbanas de São Paulo. [Thesis]. Universidade Estadual de Campinas; 2017. Available from: http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/330250
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University of Manchester
16.
Karaliotas, Lazaros.
The post-democratic city? Urban Politics and Governance
in Thessaloniki’s port restructuring.
Degree: 2014, University of Manchester
URL: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:216227
► This thesis is about urban politics and polic(y)ing. It seeks to mobilize theories on post-democracy and the post-democratic city as a framework for the analysis…
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▼ This thesis is about urban politics and
polic(y)ing. It seeks to mobilize theories on post-democracy and
the post-democratic city as a framework for the analysis of urban
politics in Thessaloniki. In doing so, the restructuring of the
city’s port over the past twenty years or so serves as a heuristic
case study. To this end, the thesis first delineates a theoretical
framework to analyze the articulation of urban politics and
polic(y)ing with processes of post-democratization. It proposes an
understanding of post-democratization as an inherently contingent
and incoherent ternary process. Post-democratization, the thesis
suggests, articulates three intertwined mechanisms: a. governing
mechanisms beyond the people, b. the conceptual legitimization of
consensus politics and c. the ordering of the urban with a view
towards foreclosing dissent. Insisting on the historically and
geographically specific character of these mechanisms, the thesis
understands the urban as a pivotal terrain in and through which
post-democratization is consolidated and contested. The thesis
employs four instances of the restructuring of the port to gear its
analysis. These are treated as moments of dis-articulation and
re-articulation of the politico-economic and discursive coordinates
around the port. Hence, in methodological terms, the thesis seeks
to bring into dialogue discourse analysis with the analysis of
politico-economic choreographies of power and the reading of the
ordering of urban space as these are articulated in Thessaloniki’s
port case. Through the four instances of restructuring for the
port, the thesis analyzes how post-democratization unfolds through
its collision and fusion with previous institutional regimes and
practices. It documents how the neoliberalization of urban
polic(y)ing around the port, at a multiplicity of scales, has
configured a complex web of governance beyond the people. The
thesis unearths how the discursive post-politicization of urban
politics by local and national politico-economic elites sustains
the conceptual legitimization of post-democratization despite the
failures of hegemonic politics. In reading such failures, the
thesis suggests that performing neoliberalization is a central
element in the re-production of politico-economic elites in
positions of power. In parallel, it highlights the centrality of
spatial practices and of the ordering of the urban spaces of the
port in constructing and consolidating a post-democratic horizon
for urban politics. Yet, the thesis insists that
post-democratization is never a complete and immutable order. To
this end, it also provides an analysis of the incoherencies and
contradictions of the post-democratization of urban politics in
Thessaloniki as well as of the efforts to stage dissent against the
hegemonic order.
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Advisors/Committee Members: KAIKA, MARIA M, Swyngedouw, Erik, Kaika, Maria.
Subjects/Keywords: urban politics; urban polic(y)ng; urban governance;
post-democracy; Thessaloniki; port restructuring
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Karaliotas, L. (2014). The post-democratic city? Urban Politics and Governance
in Thessaloniki’s port restructuring. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Manchester. Retrieved from http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:216227
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Karaliotas, Lazaros. “The post-democratic city? Urban Politics and Governance
in Thessaloniki’s port restructuring.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Manchester. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:216227.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Karaliotas, Lazaros. “The post-democratic city? Urban Politics and Governance
in Thessaloniki’s port restructuring.” 2014. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Karaliotas L. The post-democratic city? Urban Politics and Governance
in Thessaloniki’s port restructuring. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:216227.
Council of Science Editors:
Karaliotas L. The post-democratic city? Urban Politics and Governance
in Thessaloniki’s port restructuring. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2014. Available from: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:216227
University of Manchester
17.
Karaliotas, Lazaros.
The post-democratic city? : urban politics and governance in Thessaloniki's port restructuring.
Degree: PhD, 2014, University of Manchester
URL: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-postdemocratic-city-urban-politics-and-governance-in-thessalonikis-port-restructuring(02ef6b42-1808-46c4-83e0-e696a5bccb59).html
;
https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771304
► This thesis is about urban politics and polic(y)ing. It seeks to mobilize theories on post-democracy and the post-democratic city as a framework for the analysis…
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▼ This thesis is about urban politics and polic(y)ing. It seeks to mobilize theories on post-democracy and the post-democratic city as a framework for the analysis of urban politics in Thessaloniki. In doing so, the restructuring of the city's port over the past twenty years or so serves as a heuristic case study. To this end, the thesis first delineates a theoretical framework to analyze the articulation of urban politics and polic(y)ing with processes of post-democratization. It proposes an understanding of post-democratization as an inherently contingent and incoherent ternary process. Post-democratization, the thesis suggests, articulates three intertwined mechanisms: a. governing mechanisms beyond the people, b. the conceptual legitimization of consensus politics and c. the ordering of the urban with a view towards foreclosing dissent. Insisting on the historically and geographically specific character of these mechanisms, the thesis understands the urban as a pivotal terrain in and through which post-democratization is consolidated and contested. The thesis employs four instances of the restructuring of the port to gear its analysis. These are treated as moments of dis-articulation and re-articulation of the politico-economic and discursive coordinates around the port. Hence, in methodological terms, the thesis seeks to bring into dialogue discourse analysis with the analysis of politico-economic choreographies of power and the reading of the ordering of urban space as these are articulated in Thessaloniki's port case. Through the four instances of restructuring for the port, the thesis analyzes how post-democratization unfolds through its collision and fusion with previous institutional regimes and practices. It documents how the neoliberalization of urban polic(y)ing around the port, at a multiplicity of scales, has configured a complex web of governance beyond the people. The thesis unearths how the discursive post-politicization of urban politics by local and national politico-economic elites sustains the conceptual legitimization of post-democratization despite the failures of hegemonic politics. In reading such failures, the thesis suggests that performing neoliberalization is a central element in the re-production of politico-economic elites in positions of power. In parallel, it highlights the centrality of spatial practices and of the ordering of the urban spaces of the port in constructing and consolidating a post-democratic horizon for urban politics. Yet, the thesis insists that post-democratization is never a complete and immutable order. To this end, it also provides an analysis of the incoherencies and contradictions of the post-democratization of urban politics in Thessaloniki as well as of the efforts to stage dissent against the hegemonic order.
Subjects/Keywords: 550; urban politics; urban polic(y)ng; urban governance; post-democracy; Thessaloniki; port restructuring
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Karaliotas, L. (2014). The post-democratic city? : urban politics and governance in Thessaloniki's port restructuring. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Manchester. Retrieved from https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-postdemocratic-city-urban-politics-and-governance-in-thessalonikis-port-restructuring(02ef6b42-1808-46c4-83e0-e696a5bccb59).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771304
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Karaliotas, Lazaros. “The post-democratic city? : urban politics and governance in Thessaloniki's port restructuring.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Manchester. Accessed March 07, 2021.
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-postdemocratic-city-urban-politics-and-governance-in-thessalonikis-port-restructuring(02ef6b42-1808-46c4-83e0-e696a5bccb59).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771304.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Karaliotas, Lazaros. “The post-democratic city? : urban politics and governance in Thessaloniki's port restructuring.” 2014. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Karaliotas L. The post-democratic city? : urban politics and governance in Thessaloniki's port restructuring. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-postdemocratic-city-urban-politics-and-governance-in-thessalonikis-port-restructuring(02ef6b42-1808-46c4-83e0-e696a5bccb59).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771304.
Council of Science Editors:
Karaliotas L. The post-democratic city? : urban politics and governance in Thessaloniki's port restructuring. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Manchester; 2014. Available from: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-postdemocratic-city-urban-politics-and-governance-in-thessalonikis-port-restructuring(02ef6b42-1808-46c4-83e0-e696a5bccb59).html ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.771304
University of California – Berkeley
18.
Smith, Robert W.
Towards a Theory of Movement Planning Practice.
Degree: City & Regional Planning, 2011, University of California – Berkeley
URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1v49m7w8
► AbstractTowards a Theory of Movement Planning PracticebyRobert W. SmithDoctor of Philosophy in City and Regional PlanningUniversity of California, BerkeleyProfessor Emeritus Fred Collignon, ChairThis dissertation is…
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▼ AbstractTowards a Theory of Movement Planning PracticebyRobert W. SmithDoctor of Philosophy in City and Regional PlanningUniversity of California, BerkeleyProfessor Emeritus Fred Collignon, ChairThis dissertation is an attempt to understand how planning practice can be utilized by social movements in the city through the experience of the planner. Consequently, it is a work that attempts to bridge three areas – urban redevelopment politics, planning theory, and methodology – in a way that might draw some useful practice tips for what I call "movement planners." In some ways, this is very much a theoretical dissertation. It attempts to address the gap in planning theory that largely ignores the practice of planning outside traditional settings. As such, this work sets out to understand how planning and politics intersect through a study of community organizing around a large urban redevelopment project in which I was a participant. It offers some insights about meaningful methodologies for planning research that incorporate the experience of practice. The core issue in this dissertation is the interaction between city planning and social movements in the city, and what that intersection means for planning theory and methodologies for studying planning practice. As devolution and privatization continues to complicate Peterson's city limits thesis, land use development has become an important locus around which social movements organize to demand policy changes for economic, environmental, and social justice. Through this process the classic conflict between exchange and use values in land has also been complicated. Rather than opposing urban development projects, social movements are organizing to be stakeholders in their formulation and implementation. The debate is then shifted from a stark "capital versus neighborhood" dynamic to one over creating more democratic and inclusive stakeholder tables and using development to address social problems.This dissertation is based on five years of participant-observation in the economic justice movement in Oakland, California (2001-2006). The findings of my research are as follows:1. There is a role for planners inside social movements that planning theory does not currently address. I call the planners who practice within social movements movement planners.2. Community benefits campaigns are specific strategies for economic justice that require movements to obtain and use planning expertise. These strategies are specific to the project level, which Krumholz has observed is often the only real object of city planning (planning at the project level, that is).3. These campaigns, although somewhat decentralized, are increasingly coordinated to create economic justice policy agendas at policy scales superior to the project level. This coordination is evidence that the project level campaigns are a response to the project of devolution and privatization.4. Community benefits campaigns are not not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) campaigns. The activists are arguing for equitable…
Subjects/Keywords: Urban planning; Sociology; Public policy; Community Development; Planning Theory; Social Movements; Urban Planning; Urban Politics; Urban Redevelopment
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Smith, R. W. (2011). Towards a Theory of Movement Planning Practice. (Thesis). University of California – Berkeley. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1v49m7w8
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Smith, Robert W. “Towards a Theory of Movement Planning Practice.” 2011. Thesis, University of California – Berkeley. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1v49m7w8.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Smith, Robert W. “Towards a Theory of Movement Planning Practice.” 2011. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Smith RW. Towards a Theory of Movement Planning Practice. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1v49m7w8.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Smith RW. Towards a Theory of Movement Planning Practice. [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2011. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1v49m7w8
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University of Lund
19.
VON SCHÉELE, CECILIA.
The void : Urban wasteland as political space.
Degree: 2016, University of Lund
URL: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/19a06faf-a822-4a2b-8c95-a581df797d4c
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https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/11374984/von_Sch_ele_dissertation_thesis_The_void.pdf
► The rugged field and group of trees between housing estates or next to the railroad tracks, the left-over space of deserted industrial areas, the vacant…
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▼ The rugged field and group of trees between housing
estates or next to the railroad tracks, the left-over space of
deserted industrial areas, the vacant demolition site of a central
city block – they could all be termed ‘urban voids’. However, they
are often anything but voids, in a literal sense, as they are not
empty, or deserted. Yet they are ‘urban voids’, lacking an evident
function, or a definition according to a plan. It is a category of
urban space constructed as a nothingness, even though the very same
space is often used for a variety of purposes. The aim of this
thesis is to show how the urban void becomes as the constitutive
outside of the City. It investigates the difference made between
well-defined urban spaces (known by names such as ‘street’, ‘park’,
‘parking lot’, ‘housing block’) and the other kind of space. The
production of the void – either it is made a no-space, devoid of
any meaning, or a mesmerising rabbit- hole leading to another world
– is here understood as fundamentally political. With a relational
conception of space and an anti-essentialist conception of politics
and the political, the author conducts a deconstruction- inspired
analysis of the becoming of the urban void as another kind of
space. The Derridean notion of an undecidable provides a figure of
thought that hinges the analysis together with a particular way of
under- standing how dominant discourses on the City and
conceptualisations of the urban void interact to deter- mine each
other. It does not present a “truer” version of the urban void, but
aims to shake up the dominant modes of conceptualising the
phenomenon. The analysis engages a variety of texts – whether in
the shape of what one might call ‘theory’, or ‘empiri- cal
material’, or a TV-series, or a novel – and the thoughts provoked
by working with those texts, have been edited into a montage.
Fieldwork – in Athens (Greece), Berlin (Germany), Brasília
(Brazil), Malmö and Stockholm (Sweden) – interviews, analyses of
policies and plans, and close readings of academic literature from
a range of different fields, have generated material for the study.
The editing of a montage is, however, more than a mere
methodological tool or a way of writing; with Rancière’s notion of
‘indisci- plinary thought’ it politicises the way of making the
analysis by engaging a variety of perspectives and material in
different forms that transgress disciplinary boundaries. The thesis
not only writes the urban void into politically relevant space, but
also represents it in a way that makes it obvious as a politically
relevant space. It brings the ‘no-spaces’ out of an (assumed)
obscurity, yet at the same time de-mystifies the (same) fascinating
places, in hope of a less polarised and more nuanced discourse on
the urban wastelands. Only then can the existence of the urban void
as a category of left over space be questioned, and the thesis
concludes by opening up for future inquiry the question of what
kind of city could become from a point of view where the urban void
is just another kind of…
Subjects/Keywords: Political Science; urban void; urban wasteland; urban planning; urban politics; space; rhythm; undecidable; montage; Derrida; Massey
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VON SCHÉELE, C. (2016). The void : Urban wasteland as political space. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Lund. Retrieved from https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/19a06faf-a822-4a2b-8c95-a581df797d4c ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/11374984/von_Sch_ele_dissertation_thesis_The_void.pdf
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
VON SCHÉELE, CECILIA. “The void : Urban wasteland as political space.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Lund. Accessed March 07, 2021.
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/19a06faf-a822-4a2b-8c95-a581df797d4c ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/11374984/von_Sch_ele_dissertation_thesis_The_void.pdf.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
VON SCHÉELE, CECILIA. “The void : Urban wasteland as political space.” 2016. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
VON SCHÉELE C. The void : Urban wasteland as political space. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Lund; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/19a06faf-a822-4a2b-8c95-a581df797d4c ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/11374984/von_Sch_ele_dissertation_thesis_The_void.pdf.
Council of Science Editors:
VON SCHÉELE C. The void : Urban wasteland as political space. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Lund; 2016. Available from: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/19a06faf-a822-4a2b-8c95-a581df797d4c ; https://portal.research.lu.se/ws/files/11374984/von_Sch_ele_dissertation_thesis_The_void.pdf
University of Colorado
20.
Minkoff, Scott Louis.
The Proximate Polity: Exit, Voice, and Space in Local Development Politics.
Degree: PhD, Political Science, 2011, University of Colorado
URL: https://scholar.colorado.edu/psci_gradetds/12
► People have the power to change where they live, where they work, where they vote, and where they spend their money. This geographic uncertainty…
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▼ People have the power to change where they live, where they work, where they vote, and where they spend their money. This geographic uncertainty has important implications for the policies cities pursue as it impacts the relative value of local goods provision. In this dissertation I examine how the potential movement of people within metropolitan areas influences developmental goods provision and production.
The proximate polity theory begins with the assumption that city officials aim to maximize the economic and political benefits of developmental policies while also minimizing the economic and political risks of policy failure. Accordingly, local leaders strike this balance by anticipating how their policy choices are likely to influence the movement of people in and out of the jurisdiction. In order to make this assessment, public officials must be keenly aware of who resides in nearby cities and also which policies nearby cities are engaging. Because policy consequences do not end at the jurisdiction’s edge, leaders must also pay attention to how their policies will influence the political relationships that exist between themselves and other cities.
Using spatial statistics and network analysis tools, I test the theory on a dataset of 15 metropolitan areas across the United States. I then focus in Colorado’s Front Range cities for a closer analysis that includes original survey data, time-space models of development policy over a 25 year period, and a dyadic analysis of intergovernmental developmental cooperation.
Advisors/Committee Members: Kenneth N. Bickers, Susan Clarke, E. Scott Adler.
Subjects/Keywords: economic development; local politics; political risk; public goods; spatial; urban politics; Political Science
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Minkoff, S. L. (2011). The Proximate Polity: Exit, Voice, and Space in Local Development Politics. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Colorado. Retrieved from https://scholar.colorado.edu/psci_gradetds/12
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Minkoff, Scott Louis. “The Proximate Polity: Exit, Voice, and Space in Local Development Politics.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Colorado. Accessed March 07, 2021.
https://scholar.colorado.edu/psci_gradetds/12.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Minkoff, Scott Louis. “The Proximate Polity: Exit, Voice, and Space in Local Development Politics.” 2011. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Minkoff SL. The Proximate Polity: Exit, Voice, and Space in Local Development Politics. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Colorado; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: https://scholar.colorado.edu/psci_gradetds/12.
Council of Science Editors:
Minkoff SL. The Proximate Polity: Exit, Voice, and Space in Local Development Politics. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Colorado; 2011. Available from: https://scholar.colorado.edu/psci_gradetds/12
University of Toronto
21.
Taylor, Zachary Todd.
The Politics of Metropolitan Development: Institutions, Interests, and Ideas in the Making of Urban Governance in the United States and Canada, 1800-2000.
Degree: PhD, 2015, University of Toronto
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/69520
► The urban form and local government organization of Canadian and American cities differ in consequential ways. These differences are typically explained by political cultural or…
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urban form and local government organization of Canadian and American cities differ in consequential ways. These differences are typically explained by political cultural or economic and social structures. On the basis of archival and interview research, and supported by descriptive statistics and mapping, this dissertation argues that the long-term development of different national
urban forms is the product of how Canadian and American subnational political institutions structured contention among societal interests and processed policy ideas within a changing normative context.
During long-term periods of single-party dominance during the early postwar period (1945-70), Westminster institutions in Canadian provinces were highly autonomous from societal influence, which enabled them to establish land-use planning systems administered by metropolitan governments as recommended by American reformers. Fragmented authority and permeability to societal interests kept American state governments from doing the same. As a result, metropolitan land-use and infrastructure policies guided a greater proportion of
urban development in Canadian cities than in their American counterparts. In some American states, highly organized bipartisan civic elite networks briefly overcame state governments' centrifugal nature to install metropolitan institutions. On both sides of the border, institutions and policies were enabled by a normative context of faith in government and deference to elites and expert knowledge. In the later postwar period (1970-2000), however, they were delegitimized by a new normative context that rejected narrow technical rationality in favour of livability concerns, participatory policymaking, and the protection of the natural environment and
urban place qualities. At the same time, political contention became increasingly polarized, especially in the United States. It became more difficult to create new metropolitan institutions and policies, however the historical analysis shows that earlier, technocratic institutions may be brought into alignment with the new normative context if policies are framed in relation to new concerns and institutions cultivate new support coalitions.
The analysis challenges the narrowly municipal, present-oriented, and single-case focus of
urban political research, instead arguing for a multi-level, long-term historical, and comparative perspective. To this end, the argument is made through a comparative analysis of two Canadian-American pairs of cities (Toronto and Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Vancouver and Portland, OR) over the course of their development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Advisors/Committee Members: Wolfe, David, Political Science.
Subjects/Keywords: Comparative politics; Institutional change; Local government; North America; Planning history; Urban politics; 0615
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Taylor, Z. T. (2015). The Politics of Metropolitan Development: Institutions, Interests, and Ideas in the Making of Urban Governance in the United States and Canada, 1800-2000. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Toronto. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1807/69520
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Taylor, Zachary Todd. “The Politics of Metropolitan Development: Institutions, Interests, and Ideas in the Making of Urban Governance in the United States and Canada, 1800-2000.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Toronto. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1807/69520.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Taylor, Zachary Todd. “The Politics of Metropolitan Development: Institutions, Interests, and Ideas in the Making of Urban Governance in the United States and Canada, 1800-2000.” 2015. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Taylor ZT. The Politics of Metropolitan Development: Institutions, Interests, and Ideas in the Making of Urban Governance in the United States and Canada, 1800-2000. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Toronto; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/69520.
Council of Science Editors:
Taylor ZT. The Politics of Metropolitan Development: Institutions, Interests, and Ideas in the Making of Urban Governance in the United States and Canada, 1800-2000. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Toronto; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/69520
University of Vienna
22.
Paxton, Fred.
The populist performance of urban crisis - a study of populist radical right leadership of local government in Austria and Italy.
Degree: 2017, University of Vienna
URL: http://othes.univie.ac.at/51788/
► The influence of populist radical right (hereafter PRR) parties when in local government power is an under-researched area, with only a few examples having focused…
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▼ The influence of populist radical right (hereafter PRR) parties when in local government power is an under-researched area, with only a few examples having focused on the sub-national level. This master thesis uses the conception of populism as a performative style to analyse the exercise of power by PRR parties in two case studies, for the first time, in local government. The political salience of the policy area of urban security is demonstrated through an initial contextual analysis, theoretically grounded in the concept of ontological security. Analysing the security policy of the PRR-led local governments in these cities, through semi-structured expert interviews and document analysis, the theory of a populist performance of crisis (Moffitt, 2015) is then demonstrated in parallel across both. In addition, the process-tracing approach is used to infer a relationship between the performance of a sense of crisis and the discursive creation of a new form of public order. The conception of public order emphasised in the PRR governing practice is found to be one overwhelmingly negatively defined – that is, in conceiving of urban disorder – grounded in the intensification of contemporary fears of security, and demanding diverse forms of exclusion for an ‘othered’ resident group. Exploring the variations between two cases in Austria and Italy, in terms of popular consensus (a cultural approach) and government autonomy (taking a structural approach), this thesis tests the hypothesis that a relationship exists between the legitimacy held by PRR-led governments and the form of urban disorder being discursively created. Finding the form and outcomes of the performance of crisis by these ideologically motivated local governments depends on the particular urban conditions and resulting legitimacy, this study suggests an outline of an adapted theory of a populist radical right performance of urban crisis, and signposts future research directions on the subject.
The influence of populist radical right (hereafter PRR) parties when in local government power is an under-researched area, with only a few examples having focused on the sub-national level. This master thesis uses the conception of populism as a performative style to analyse the exercise of power by PRR parties in two case studies, for the first time, in local government. The political salience of the policy area of urban security is demonstrated through an initial contextual analysis, theoretically grounded in the concept of ontological security. Analysing the security policy of the PRR-led local governments in these cities, through semi-structured expert interviews and document analysis, the theory of a populist performance of crisis (Moffitt, 2015) is then demonstrated in parallel across both. In addition, the process-tracing approach is used to infer a relationship between the performance of a sense of crisis and the discursive creation of a new form of public order. The conception of public order emphasised in the PRR governing practice is found to be one…
Subjects/Keywords: 74.00 Geographie, Anthropogeographie: Allgemeines; populism / local government / urban security / far-right politics; populism / local government / urban security / far-right politics
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Paxton, F. (2017). The populist performance of urban crisis - a study of populist radical right leadership of local government in Austria and Italy. (Thesis). University of Vienna. Retrieved from http://othes.univie.ac.at/51788/
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Paxton, Fred. “The populist performance of urban crisis - a study of populist radical right leadership of local government in Austria and Italy.” 2017. Thesis, University of Vienna. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://othes.univie.ac.at/51788/.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Paxton, Fred. “The populist performance of urban crisis - a study of populist radical right leadership of local government in Austria and Italy.” 2017. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Paxton F. The populist performance of urban crisis - a study of populist radical right leadership of local government in Austria and Italy. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Vienna; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://othes.univie.ac.at/51788/.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Paxton F. The populist performance of urban crisis - a study of populist radical right leadership of local government in Austria and Italy. [Thesis]. University of Vienna; 2017. Available from: http://othes.univie.ac.at/51788/
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of California – Berkeley
23.
Calogero, Pietro Anders.
Planning Kabul: The politics of urbanization in Afghanistan.
Degree: City & Regional Planning, 2011, University of California – Berkeley
URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/35p9v6d3
► This dissertation is an analysis of how the city of Kabul is being planned. This study addresses a gap in planning scholarship, which rarely focuses…
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▼ This dissertation is an analysis of how the city of Kabul is being planned. This study addresses a gap in planning scholarship, which rarely focuses on the planning of cities in "developing" countries. Kabul is uniquely important in the geopolitics of security; and at the same time, Kabul is a mid-sized, rapidly-growing city with limited resources and substantial constraints to effective governing. In these respects, the case of Kabul is representative of the way most of the world's urbanization is being planned – more so than the planning of any city in "developed" countries. The core argument is that urban planning in the capital of Afghanistan occurs in three modes that operate both in parallel and in tension with each other. The first mode is formal planning, in which Afghan public agencies are developing and implementing strategies for guiding urban development. The second mode is informal planning, in which the urban regime sets both direct and indirect rules that guide urban development. These include denial of recognition, exclusion from the legal sphere, and maintenance of a `vulnerable reserve' of available labor and space for potential investment. The third mode is exceptionalist planning, in which elites – including Afghans, Afghan-expatriates, and non-Afghans – violate rules and expectations with knowing impunity. I argue that in each mode, the management of risk strongly defines the political rationalities that shape policy. Formal planning encourages deeper local investment because it clarifies spaces of reduced potential conflict with the urban regime. Informal planning is a space in which poor households submit to conditions of elevated risk in exchange for long-term opportunities for their families. Exceptionalist planning involves lowering the life-risks of elite individuals, often at the expense of increased risk for non-elites.The three modes of planning identified through this research are explained as a product of both specific conditions in Kabul and underlying tensions within political rationality itself. The context-specific conditions include a century of modernization and thirty years of political violence that have become increasingly geopolitical, resulting in a substantial fragmentation of sovereignty. The underlying political rationalities which shape and are shaped by this context are sovereign political reason and biopolitical reason. These political rationalities operate at the local, national, and transnational scale to constitute a de facto urban regime in Kabul. The tension between these two political rationalities has been resolved into a series of sociopolitical `bargains' over the past two centuries. At the urban level each bargain involves a rearticulation of the relationship between coercive authority and the promotion of health, prosperity, and material conditions. In Kabul the `modernization bargain' was succeeded in turn by the `developmentalist bargain' of the Cold War era, and then the `neoliberal bargain' of market-led…
Subjects/Keywords: Urban Planning; Public Policy and Social Welfare; Afghanistan; development; Kabul; politics; urbanization; urban planning
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Calogero, P. A. (2011). Planning Kabul: The politics of urbanization in Afghanistan. (Thesis). University of California – Berkeley. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/35p9v6d3
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Calogero, Pietro Anders. “Planning Kabul: The politics of urbanization in Afghanistan.” 2011. Thesis, University of California – Berkeley. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/35p9v6d3.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Calogero, Pietro Anders. “Planning Kabul: The politics of urbanization in Afghanistan.” 2011. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Calogero PA. Planning Kabul: The politics of urbanization in Afghanistan. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2011. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/35p9v6d3.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Calogero PA. Planning Kabul: The politics of urbanization in Afghanistan. [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2011. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/35p9v6d3
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of California – Berkeley
24.
Ranganathan, Malini.
Fluid Hegemony: A Political Ecology of Water, Market Rule, and Insurgence at Bangalore's Frontier.
Degree: Energy & Resources, 2010, University of California – Berkeley
URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/05m1k2fs
► Since the turn of the millennium, the city of Bangalore (officially Bengaluru) has experimented with a series of neoliberal, market-oriented reforms to overhaul the institutional,…
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▼ Since the turn of the millennium, the city of Bangalore (officially Bengaluru) has experimented with a series of neoliberal, market-oriented reforms to overhaul the institutional, pricing, and financial aspects of its urban services. The city's water, in particular, long considered a service that must be subsidized by the state, has been targeted under interventions that seek to commercialize, rationalize, and privatize delivery, while simultaneously deepening certain forms of regulatory oversight. Supported by a melee of international development actors and administered by state-level experts, these policy changes have been especially focused on reforming the city's outskirts, where unruly growth and conflicting governance arrangements have produced highly differentiated patterns of land tenure and water access. Analysis of why certain water policy imaginaries are ascendant today, how programs of reform are conceived of and by whom, and to what ends they proceed in this dynamic peri-urban frontier landscape is essential to an understanding of metropolitanization in the Global South more generally. Yet, critical scholarship on Bangalore and elsewhere has largely neglected the articulations between new infrastructure policies and the local politics of peri-urban frontiers. This dissertation addresses this gap through a multi-sited ethnographic study of policy-making and practice affecting the governance of drinking water at Bangalore's peripheries. It investigates two case studies: (1) a program that sought to reengineer municipal management of citizen complaints, and (2) a project that aimed to extend piped water to residents financed, in part, through the debt market and upfront cash contributions from peripheral residents. The study draws on archival research, in-depth interviews, and participant observation to interrogate the underlying logic, material significance, and political contestation surrounding these projects in the peripheral localities of Bommanahalli, Byatarayanapura, and KR Puram. This research argues, first, that reforms derive not only from the fiscal concerns of the current moment, but also from a preoccupation with disciplining the conduct of local government and citizens in line with market principles. Crucially, this is a regime of rule that is deeply inflected with the enduring legacies of state-led development. It is the concoction of the developmental approaches of yesterday and the pro-market approaches of today that marks the homegrown logic of neoliberalism in India. Second, for all the rhetoric purporting to have overcome the incompetencies of a previous era, today's neoliberal interventions are marked by profound contradictions and limitations. A narrow focus on financial criteria, for instance, has resulted in a disconnect between the promise and material reality of water several years after new market-based policies and programs were instituted. Third, the grounded workings of new water policies cannot be understood without grasping the politics of the peripheralized middle…
Subjects/Keywords: Geography; Urban planning; Sociology; Governmentality; Hegemony; Neoliberal reforms; Peri-urban development; Political ecology; Water politics
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Ranganathan, M. (2010). Fluid Hegemony: A Political Ecology of Water, Market Rule, and Insurgence at Bangalore's Frontier. (Thesis). University of California – Berkeley. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/05m1k2fs
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Ranganathan, Malini. “Fluid Hegemony: A Political Ecology of Water, Market Rule, and Insurgence at Bangalore's Frontier.” 2010. Thesis, University of California – Berkeley. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/05m1k2fs.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Ranganathan, Malini. “Fluid Hegemony: A Political Ecology of Water, Market Rule, and Insurgence at Bangalore's Frontier.” 2010. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Ranganathan M. Fluid Hegemony: A Political Ecology of Water, Market Rule, and Insurgence at Bangalore's Frontier. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2010. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/05m1k2fs.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Ranganathan M. Fluid Hegemony: A Political Ecology of Water, Market Rule, and Insurgence at Bangalore's Frontier. [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2010. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/05m1k2fs
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
University of Louisville
25.
Conder, Nick.
Worker-owned cooperatives as urban economic development.
Degree: PhD, 2019, University of Louisville
URL: 10.18297/etd/3343
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https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd/3343
► This dissertation explores the topic of urban policies relating to worker-owned cooperatives, and the political conditions surrounding worker-owned cooperatives in American cities. The topic…
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▼ This dissertation explores the topic of
urban policies relating to worker-owned cooperatives, and the political conditions surrounding worker-owned cooperatives in American cities. The topic is studied through a comparison between two case study cities: Cleveland, Ohio and Jackson, Mississippi. Through the collection of public records and interviews with policymakers, analysts, and community activists, this study details the current policy status towards worker-owned cooperatives and the political context for the worker-ownership movement in each city. The study also offers preliminary assessments of existing worker-owned cooperatives and explores the obstacles facing worker-owned enterprises in the selected cities. The findings of the case study in Cleveland are that the city’s government supported the establishment of the Evergreen Cooperatives in the form of loans, grants, and tax incentives, but has not adopted an economic development strategy focused on worker-ownership. The study in Cleveland also finds that no strong political movement yet exists for a shift towards worker-ownership. The Evergreen Cooperatives have made some progress towards building community wealth, but it is limited until they grow further; the progress towards self-determination is more limited. In Jackson, the city’s government has voiced support for pro-cooperative policies and still is working to implement policies favorable towards worker-ownership—but has not successfully done so yet. Worker-ownership became a relevant part of the political discourse in Jackson thanks to a movement which produced mayors Chokwe Lumumba and Chokwe Antar Lumumba. The movement also helped spawn Cooperation Jackson, which split with the latter Lumumba’s mayoral administration. More time is needed to get a complete assessment of both cases, and cooperatives in each city will need to continue growing before it can be determined whether they fully achieve their intended results. The results of the dissertation fill gaps in scholarly knowledge about the details of pro-cooperative policies in Cleveland and Jackson and furthers understanding of the political climate relating to worker-ownership in each city. The cases can be used by researchers and cooperative advocates to understand what more needs to be done to successfully see pro-cooperative policies implemented in those cities and what challenges face other cities interested in worker-ownership.
Advisors/Committee Members: Imbroscio, David, Negrey, Cynthia, Negrey, Cynthia, Koven, Steven, Markowitz, Lisa.
Subjects/Keywords: urban politics; cooperatives; cleveland; jackson; economic development; labor; Urban Studies and Planning
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Conder, N. (2019). Worker-owned cooperatives as urban economic development. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Louisville. Retrieved from 10.18297/etd/3343 ; https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd/3343
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Conder, Nick. “Worker-owned cooperatives as urban economic development.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Louisville. Accessed March 07, 2021.
10.18297/etd/3343 ; https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd/3343.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Conder, Nick. “Worker-owned cooperatives as urban economic development.” 2019. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Conder N. Worker-owned cooperatives as urban economic development. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Louisville; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: 10.18297/etd/3343 ; https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd/3343.
Council of Science Editors:
Conder N. Worker-owned cooperatives as urban economic development. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Louisville; 2019. Available from: 10.18297/etd/3343 ; https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd/3343
Stockholm University
26.
Kumagai, Yutaka.
Taking back the city : Citizen participation in urban planning in Dublin, Ireland.
Degree: Human Geography, 2019, Stockholm University
URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-169419
► As we find ourselves in the midst of a planetary trend towards urbanisation, we must acknowledge that urban spaces are linked in a network…
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▼ As we find ourselves in the midst of a planetary trend towards urbanisation, we must acknowledge that urban spaces are linked in a network of metabolic consumption and production that impact not only those recognised as ‘urban dwellers’, but are incorporated into a global structure. Ireland is no exception, with development centred around Dublin, a ‘primate city’ with a vastly larger population than others in the region. Dublin’s Inner City areas have in recent decades been marked by a series of large-scale interventions aimed at reconstituting a new vision of Ireland as a global, modern city home to a tech-savvy workforce. Yet as Dublin explores its post-recession identity as a hub for investment in tech and finance, its urban population continues to grow in ways that are seen to disenfranchise existing Inner City communities. This study explores the perceptions of residents of Inner City Dublin engaged in urban planning processes, in the hopes of making manifest the goals and desires driving participation through various channels, both formal and ‘radical’. A case is made for the city as a site of a post-political condition by questioning the role and efficacy of official consultatory channels, as well as in contrasting held imaginaries presented by interviewees and those presented by official planning documents. Attempts by Dublin City Council to market Dublin as a ‘creative’ city, intent on monetising aspects of cultural identity as a global competitor intent on drawing investment and foreign talent is considered representative of post-politics, contrasted by urban residents’ desires to safeguard the existence of vibrant communities within the Inner City who now risk exclusion.
Subjects/Keywords: Citizen participation; urban planning; post-politics; revanchism; urban political ecology; gentrification; Human Geography; Kulturgeografi
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Kumagai, Y. (2019). Taking back the city : Citizen participation in urban planning in Dublin, Ireland. (Thesis). Stockholm University. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-169419
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Kumagai, Yutaka. “Taking back the city : Citizen participation in urban planning in Dublin, Ireland.” 2019. Thesis, Stockholm University. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-169419.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Kumagai, Yutaka. “Taking back the city : Citizen participation in urban planning in Dublin, Ireland.” 2019. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Kumagai Y. Taking back the city : Citizen participation in urban planning in Dublin, Ireland. [Internet] [Thesis]. Stockholm University; 2019. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-169419.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Kumagai Y. Taking back the city : Citizen participation in urban planning in Dublin, Ireland. [Thesis]. Stockholm University; 2019. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-169419
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University of Newcastle
27.
Williams, Miriam Jean.
Cities of possibility: performing care-full urban justice.
Degree: PhD, 2013, University of Newcastle
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1036117
► Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Urban theory has a well-documented set of knowledges on actually existing injustice shaping cities in the here and…
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▼ Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Urban theory has a well-documented set of knowledges on actually existing injustice shaping cities in the here and now. Inspired by a politics of possibility, weak theory, theories of situated knowledges and an understanding of knowledge-making as performative, this research project reveals moments where people are doing/thinking/being cities differently by uncovering actually existing justice and care in three urban commons. Viewing the everyday as a potentially transformative site and understanding utopia as a ‘process-of-becoming’ (Swyngedouw and Kaika, 2003: 16) I read the city for possibility. By developing connections between urban justice-thinking and care-thinking I argue for a new way of approaching the possibility of the city—a concept I term care-full urban justice. This research documents actually existing forms of care-full urban justice manifest in three urban commons in Sydney, Australia: The Women’s Library, Newtown; Our Place Support Centre, Enmore; and Alfalfa House organic food cooperative, Enmore. Through engaging in an average of 15 months volunteering at each organisation, along with conducting 36 semi-structured interviews, I explore how these spaces are brought into being through everyday material practices and connections. I demonstrate that much is possible through connecting the grounded, everyday, relational, and radical focus of care-thinking with the rich history of justice-thinking in urban theory. The insights gained offer new ways of thinking through the role of urban commons and reveal how care-full urban justice might be used as a theory to uncover actually existing practices of care and justice in the here and now.
Advisors/Committee Members: University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Environmental and Life Sciences.
Subjects/Keywords: ethic of care; just city; urban commons; politics of possibility; care full urban justice
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Williams, M. J. (2013). Cities of possibility: performing care-full urban justice. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Newcastle. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1036117
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Williams, Miriam Jean. “Cities of possibility: performing care-full urban justice.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Newcastle. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1036117.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Williams, Miriam Jean. “Cities of possibility: performing care-full urban justice.” 2013. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Williams MJ. Cities of possibility: performing care-full urban justice. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Newcastle; 2013. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1036117.
Council of Science Editors:
Williams MJ. Cities of possibility: performing care-full urban justice. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Newcastle; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1036117
University of California – Berkeley
28.
Tucker, Jennifer.
Contraband City: Geographies of Extralegal Work and Life in Paraguay’s Frontier Economy.
Degree: City & Regional Planning, 2016, University of California – Berkeley
URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/35j502mm
► Over the last half century, a state-planned Paraguayan port town on the Brazilian border (today Ciudad del Este) transformed into a key hub in global…
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▼ Over the last half century, a state-planned Paraguayan port town on the Brazilian border (today Ciudad del Este) transformed into a key hub in global trading networks. Called by some the “largest illicit economy in the Western Hemisphere” (Brown, 2009), Ciudad del Este’s border trade has provided livelihood for tens of thousands of small-scale Brazilian traders and Paraguayan street vendors who connect the Brazilian middle classes with cheap consumer goods from East Asia. The vibrant border trade also draws diaspora businessmen from Lebanon to Seoul. Paraguayan state policies protect the tax differentials the enable the border trade in its legal moments and—directly and indirectly—have enabled the practices of contraband for which the city is known. Indeed, legal transgression is an economic strategy that transcends class and imbricates state officials. As a hub city crucial to global commodity circulation, Ciudad del Este is a strategic site from which to study the emergent forms of governance that enable expanding networks of extralegal trade, and the regulation of informal economies more generally. Not only are extralegal economies a crucial means of livelihood for the poor across the Global South but the political relationships that enable these trade networks—and their supportive spatial forms—can buttress exclusionary trajectories of urban development. Yet critical scholarship on Latin American cities has largely neglected the articulations between extralegal trade networks, state practice, and everyday urban politics. My work addresses this gap with a critical ethnography of regulatory practice and city-building from Ciudad del Este’s founding as the eponymous port town of the authoritarian president Alfredo Stroessner, through its zenith as a contraband hub, to contemporary state projects to “formalize” the border trade and urban space. This dissertation draws from archival research, fifteen months of participant observation and over 100 in-depth interviews to examine the cultural politics of extralegality as a mode of livelihood, accumulation and city-building. In this dissertation I argue, first, that state-formation, urban planning practice and contraband economies are co-constitutive, that is, each is a historically specific process emerging in and through dynamic inter-relationships with each other. Crucially, new modes of frontier governance retain intense flexibility in interpreting and enforcing the law that characterized authoritarian rule. However, contemporary spatialized strategies of governance articulate new visions and capacities of the local state to act as an agent of frontier urbanization. Second, frontier state practices inscribe the extralegal economy into the built environment through a spatial form that I call contraband urbanism. Even as official discourse promises to formalize the border trade, through contraband urbanism local state officials make urban spaces for the extralegal economy through state-sponsored transgressions of the law, while also generating uncertainty over tenure…
Subjects/Keywords: Urban planning; Geography; Latin American studies; Contraband; Informality; Paraguay; State practice; Urbanization; Urban politics
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Tucker, J. (2016). Contraband City: Geographies of Extralegal Work and Life in Paraguay’s Frontier Economy. (Thesis). University of California – Berkeley. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/35j502mm
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Tucker, Jennifer. “Contraband City: Geographies of Extralegal Work and Life in Paraguay’s Frontier Economy.” 2016. Thesis, University of California – Berkeley. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/35j502mm.
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MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Tucker, Jennifer. “Contraband City: Geographies of Extralegal Work and Life in Paraguay’s Frontier Economy.” 2016. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Tucker J. Contraband City: Geographies of Extralegal Work and Life in Paraguay’s Frontier Economy. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2016. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/35j502mm.
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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Tucker J. Contraband City: Geographies of Extralegal Work and Life in Paraguay’s Frontier Economy. [Thesis]. University of California – Berkeley; 2016. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/35j502mm
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University of California – Irvine
29.
Hom, Laureen.
Revitalizing Los Angeles Chinatown: The Politics and Meaning of Change in an Urban Ethnic Enclave.
Degree: Planning, Policy, and Design, 2018, University of California – Irvine
URL: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5nk577br
► Chinatowns are historic ethnic enclaves that have persisted as important neighborhoods in the urban landscape. They are evolving spaces of community belonging for Chinese Americans…
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▼ Chinatowns are historic ethnic enclaves that have persisted as important neighborhoods in the urban landscape. They are evolving spaces of community belonging for Chinese Americans who do not always live there and vary across generation and immigration experiences. But Chinatowns have also been targets for urban revitalization efforts throughout their history and are now part of contemporary gentrification debates. These trends challenge how they evolve as ethnic enclaves and what control the community has in these changes. Through a case study of Los Angeles Chinatown, I examine how ethnic communities engage in the politics of development in older urban ethnic enclaves and the implications of this engagement for the neighborhood and ethnic community identity. This research includes data collected from ethnographic fieldwork and draws from political economy, immigration, and race theories to analyze the transformation of community politics in ethnic enclaves and how an ethnic community maintains control over neighborhood change as they face urban revitalization pressures. The themes that emerged from this study show that the ethnic political engagement to assert community control was expressed through the formation of new organizations, participation in spaces for community representation, and framings of neighborhood change and identity. Yet, differences that were complicating and redefining the understandings of the Chinese American community since the 1965 Immigration Act, especially in regard to class, generation, immigration cohort, and geography, were also expressed in this engagement, which shaped the planning and land use conflicts that determined the housing, economic, and cultural development for the neighborhood.The community conflict over development in Chinatown is a part of a rearticulation of a Chinese American community identity that demands recognition of their socioeconomic and cultural complexities in policymaking. This has also led to a questioning about the community’s ongoing relationship to Chinatown, particularly who has the right to represent Chinatown and benefit from its changes. The political dynamics in Chinatown show that older urban ethnic enclaves continue to matter for ethnic community formation and ethnic groups to assert a political voice; however, this rearticulation also reflects the limits and possibilities of community power in equitable development.
Subjects/Keywords: Urban planning; Asian American studies; community development; ethnic enclaves; neighborhood change; spatial politics; urban revitalization
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Hom, L. (2018). Revitalizing Los Angeles Chinatown: The Politics and Meaning of Change in an Urban Ethnic Enclave. (Thesis). University of California – Irvine. Retrieved from http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5nk577br
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Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Hom, Laureen. “Revitalizing Los Angeles Chinatown: The Politics and Meaning of Change in an Urban Ethnic Enclave.” 2018. Thesis, University of California – Irvine. Accessed March 07, 2021.
http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5nk577br.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Hom, Laureen. “Revitalizing Los Angeles Chinatown: The Politics and Meaning of Change in an Urban Ethnic Enclave.” 2018. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Hom L. Revitalizing Los Angeles Chinatown: The Politics and Meaning of Change in an Urban Ethnic Enclave. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of California – Irvine; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5nk577br.
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
Council of Science Editors:
Hom L. Revitalizing Los Angeles Chinatown: The Politics and Meaning of Change in an Urban Ethnic Enclave. [Thesis]. University of California – Irvine; 2018. Available from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5nk577br
Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation
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Papakis, George.
The Elliniko Airport: Contested Politics and the Production of Urban Space in Athens, 1938-2014.
Degree: PhD, Urban Studies, 2014, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
URL: https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/478
► This study traces the historical forces that conditioned the dearth of public spaces in Athens, Greece, and through the case study of the city's…
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▼ This study traces the historical forces that conditioned the dearth of public spaces in Athens, Greece, and through the case study of the city's first civil airport, examines the current redevelopment plans of Athens' largest remaining open space as part of a wider process of
urban transformation. After serving the city for sixty years, the airport closed its doors in 2001, and since then the site has remained vacant. The government aims at attracting investments in upscale tourism and real estate, hoping to reposition this sector of the city as a thriving business center and entertainment destination. Yet, given the severe environmental and social problems of Athens, the implementation of an
urban development agenda which promotes the further commercialization of
urban space will make a livable city – so dependent on open public space – a more difficult and unlikely contingency. It is precisely this possibility that unites a diverse group of community actors that contest the government's plans arguing instead for the creation of a metropolitan park, and presenting this site as a space of insurgent citizenship. The redevelopment process of the Elliniko airport is a central node in understanding the symbolic construction of Athens' restructuring as a competitive city, while on the other hand, it figures as a paradigmatic case in the analysis of conflicts between economic development and sustainability.
Advisors/Committee Members: Joseph A. Rodriguez.
Subjects/Keywords: Airport Redevelopment; Economic Crisis; Greece; Neoliberalism; Privatization; Urban Politics; Geography; History; Urban Studies and Planning
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Papakis, G. (2014). The Elliniko Airport: Contested Politics and the Production of Urban Space in Athens, 1938-2014. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Retrieved from https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/478
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Papakis, George. “The Elliniko Airport: Contested Politics and the Production of Urban Space in Athens, 1938-2014.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Accessed March 07, 2021.
https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/478.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Papakis, George. “The Elliniko Airport: Contested Politics and the Production of Urban Space in Athens, 1938-2014.” 2014. Web. 07 Mar 2021.
Vancouver:
Papakis G. The Elliniko Airport: Contested Politics and the Production of Urban Space in Athens, 1938-2014. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 07].
Available from: https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/478.
Council of Science Editors:
Papakis G. The Elliniko Airport: Contested Politics and the Production of Urban Space in Athens, 1938-2014. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee; 2014. Available from: https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/478
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