Global economic crisis, austerity and neoliberal urban governance in England

Meegan, Richard; Kennett, Patricia; Jones, Gerwyn; Croft, Jacqui

doi:10.1093/cjres/rst033

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“…There are also accounts which situate austerity urbanism in Greece (Matsaganis, 2012), Ireland (Allen, 2012 and France and Romania (Donald et al, 2014). Finally, the variability in the impact of austerity on cities between the different nations of the UK is also well documented (Hastings et al, 2015;Davies and Blanco, 2017), although the UK literature focuses largely on England where the targeting of austerity on urban areas has been particularly acute (Meegan et al, 2014;Bailey et al, 2015;Lowndes and Gardner, 2015). As with the US, the English literature highlights a distinct geography of austerity, post-industrial and regional as well as urban (Bailey et al, 2015;Lowndes and Gardener, 2015).…”

Section: Austerity Urbanismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Austerity urbanism in England: The ‘regressive redistribution’ of local government services and the impact on the poor and marginalised

Hastings

Bailey

Bramley³

et al. 2017

Environ Plan A

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Austerity urbanism in England: the 'regressive redistribution' of local government services and the impact on the poor and marginalised. Environment and Planning A, (doi:10.1177/0308518X17714797).There may be differences between this version and the published version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it.http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/141300/ 2 AbstractThat contemporary austerity is being realised to a large extent in and through cities is a growing theme in urban scholarship. Similarly, the concern that the economicallymarginalised are disproportionately impacted as 'austerity urbanism' takes hold drives a significant body of research. While it is clear that substantial austerity cuts are being downloaded onto cities and their governments, however, the evidence on whether it is the most disadvantaged fractions of the urban population which suffer as a consequence remains thin. Moreover the mechanisms by which the downloading to the poor occurs are unclear. This paper identifies how austerity cuts are transmitted to the poor and marginalised in the context of severe cuts to the spending power of English local government. It identifies three transmission mechanisms and shows how these operate and with what outcomes, drawing on empirical evidence at the English national and local city levels. The paper provides robust evidence from national data sources and from in-depth, mixed-methods case studies to show that the effects of austerity urbanism are borne most heavily by those who are already disadvantaged. It also demonstrates the importance of identifying the specific mechanisms by which downloading on to the poor occurs in particular national contexts, and how this contributes to understanding, and potentially resisting, the regressive logic of austerity urbanism.

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Section: Austerity Urbanismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Austerity urbanism in England: The ‘regressive redistribution’ of local government services and the impact on the poor and marginalised

Hastings

Bailey

Bramley³

et al. 2017

Environ Plan A

108

104

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“…They serve to render places discernible, create habits of public association, and provide a setting for grassroots activism and politics. They can also offer psychological support to individuals and communities and can act as a 'self-organising public service', a shared resource in which experiences and value are created (Mean and Tims, 2005). These themes were apparent in the comments and reflections of respondents.…”

Section: Who Lives Therementioning

confidence: 99%

Community resilience: a policy tool for local government?

Platts-Fowler

Robinson

2016

Local Government Studies

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In many countries local government has been a prime target of austerity measures. In response, local authorities are exploring a new repertoire of policy approaches in a bid to provide more with less. In England, local authorities have been drawn to community resilience as a pragmatic response to the challenge of deploying shrinking resources to support communities exposed to social and economic disruption. This application of resilience thinking is not without its challenges. It demands a working definition of community resilience that recognises the potential for communities to prove resilient to shocks and disruptions, but avoids blaming them for their predicament. There is also the practical challenge of developing and targeting interventions to promote and protect resilience. This paper sets out to explore these issues and establish the potential utility of community resilience as a policy tool through case study analysis in the city of Sheffield.

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“…On these grounds, radical institutional reforms and potential paths for planning research and practice are outlined. Moroni's classic liberal positions are not in line with many other accounts which appeared in the U.S.A. nor it is with reference to other countries (among others: Aalbers, 2009;García, 2010;Meegan et al, 2014). As for other radical propositions regarding regulation (Palermo & Ponzini, 2015), Moroni's work is thought-provoking and worthy of reactions in a frank debate about the crisis and renewal of the planning discipline.…”

Section: Roles Responsibilities and Relevance In Times Of Crisis Andmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…It cannot be referred to as the sole force behind institutional homogenization, but rather a spatially variegated pattern that different forms of capitalism follow according to their local and historic conditions. It is also now evident that cities in the same country or region can be touched by the implications of the economic crisis and subsequent slowdown in quite different manners (Keil, 2010;Martin, 2011;Meegan, Kennett, Jones, & Croft, 2014). Also, an innovative and lively debate regarding austerity policies emerged (Peck, 2015).…”

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Introduction: crisis and renewal of contemporary urban planning

Ponzini

2016

European Planning Studies

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Global economic crisis, austerity and neoliberal urban governance in England

Cited by 87 publications

References 11 publications

Austerity urbanism in England: The ‘regressive redistribution’ of local government services and the impact on the poor and marginalised

Austerity urbanism in England: The ‘regressive redistribution’ of local government services and the impact on the poor and marginalised

Community resilience: a policy tool for local government?

Introduction: crisis and renewal of contemporary urban planning

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