How “Urban” Is Urban Policy Making?

Bazurli, Raffaele

doi:10.1017/s1049096519001343

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“…At the same time, the decisions of all these actors are shaped by various 'non-human' structural factors from different levels, such as available resources, labour market conditions, etc. In short, local policies for the reception and integration of forced migrants are hardly ever just 'local' (Bazurli 2020).…”

Section: Local Migration Policy-making and The Assemblage Approachmentioning

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Against all odds: Thessaloniki’s local policy activism in the reception and integration of forced migrants

Sabchev

2020

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Why do local governments develop policies for the reception and integration of forced migrants? What strategies do they employ in pursuing their own policy objectives in this field, especially within restrictive institutional and financial frameworks? In this article, I use an assemblage approach and insights from extensive desk and field research to study the successful migration policy activism of the Municipality of Thessaloniki in Greece. I argue that the initiatives of mayors and access to external funds can both trigger and facilitate the development of local reception and integration policies. In addition, I argue that horizontal and vertical coalitions with local, transnational and international partners may help local governments effectively exploit their space for discretion in migration and integration policy-making. Based on my findings, I emphasise the need to further examine the emerging relationships between United Nations (UN) organisations and local authorities in the field of migration governance. Furthermore, I advocate a broader application of the assemblage approach in migration policy research.

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Section: Local Migration Policy-making and The Assemblage Approachmentioning

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Against all odds: Thessaloniki’s local policy activism in the reception and integration of forced migrants

Sabchev

2020

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…While the above arguments pertain to elements of the institutional structures at the local level, urban policy responses are rarely 'local' (Bazurli, 2020). On the contrary, they emerge through interactions, negotiations and compromises between different levels of government (Kaufmann & Sidney, 2020).…”

Section: Conceptualizing Local Political Leadership In Forced Migrants' Receptionmentioning

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The role of local political leadership in the reception of forced migrants: evidence from Greece

Sabchev

2021

Territory, Politics, Governance

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This article focuses on the role of local political leadership in municipal policy responses to the arrival of forced migrants. Initially, I bring together insights from research on leadership, migration and crisis management to develop a conceptual framework for studying local political leadership in the reception of forced migrants. To this end, I adopt an interactionist perspective and define local political leadership as the product of the interaction between mayors and their leadership environment (institutional and societal context). Subsequently, I apply this conceptual framework to a qualitative comparative case study, using data from desk research and fieldwork in two Greek municipalities. The findings indicate that differences in local political leadership can lead to the development of very different municipal policy responses in the field of forced migrants' reception. In particular, I argue that by exercising interactive and multilevel political leadership, mayors can increase their chances of advancing strategic policy objectives in migration governance, and by extension, strengthen the protection and fulfilment of migrants' fundamental rights. Finally, in the light of the conceptual and empirical insights arising from this research, I emphasize the need to improve the dialogue between leadership and migration scholars, and suggest questions for future research.

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“…Third-sector actors have emerged as key participants—even leaders—of coalitions. Bazurli (2020) and Williamson (2020) discuss the roles of social movements and nongovernmental organizations; Donaghy (2020) and Hinze and Smith (2020) consider access of neighborhood groups to decision making. However, like the business sector, third-sector actors encompass a range of organizations with varying levels of resources such that detailed analysis of which types of NGOs, foundations, and community organizations are able to participate, to sustain participation, and to have influence are important questions to examine (Clarke 2017).…”

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“…Thus, policies issued at the urban scale are likely to be the product of interactions, deliberations, advocacy, and compromises among actors from multiple scales and spaces, both state and nonstate. For example, Bazurli (2020) shows how mayors and local social movements jointly engage in policy conversations with state and national agencies about immigration policy problems. These social movements try to navigate around institutional policy-making constraints by exploiting venue-shopping opportunities.…”

Section: All Policy Making Is Multilevelmentioning

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“…The authors in this symposium explore these three proposed key dimensions of urban policy making. The contributions include cases in which cities actively make policies in the absence of, complementary to, or opposed against policies at other governmental levels, such as migration (Bazurli 2020; Williamson 2020) and digitization (Bramwell 2020). They analyze more conventional urban policy fields such as housing (Donaghy 2020) and large-scale infrastructure development (Hinze and Smith 2020), with fresh insights about the contemporary moment.…”

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Toward an Urban Policy Analysis: Incorporating Participation, Multilevel Governance, and “Seeing Like a City”

Kaufmann

Sidney

2019

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How “Urban” Is Urban Policy Making?

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Against all odds: Thessaloniki’s local policy activism in the reception and integration of forced migrants

Against all odds: Thessaloniki’s local policy activism in the reception and integration of forced migrants

The role of local political leadership in the reception of forced migrants: evidence from Greece

Toward an Urban Policy Analysis: Incorporating Participation, Multilevel Governance, and “Seeing Like a City”

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