Institutions and the Thirst for ‘Prestige’ Transport Infrastructure

Rodríguez‐Pose, Andrés; Crescenzi, Riccardo; Cataldo, Marco Di

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“…Recent research is also putting stress on the role of places left behind in generating a 'geography of discontent' [15,41] or a 'geography of resentment' [52]. This line of work argues that local economic conditions shape voting patterns by individuals living in specific places and that certain territorial characteristics are more conducive to the rise in anti-system vote [24,38].…”

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“…Economic and industrial decline is also at the base of many analyses [e.g., 15,52]. Places that became industrial hubs during the industrial revolution and remained proud motors of regional and national economies, but have been hit hard or bypassed by globalisation, have become fertile ground for populist parties.…”

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“…Territorially differentiated investment is needed, but this investment has to move away from the glitzy interventions that have dominated policy in recent decades (big infrastructure mega-projects that often end up as white elephants) [52]. There is also a need for investment policies to go beyond static criteria (rich vs. poor) and adopt more dynamic ones (thriving vs. declining) [15].…”

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The Rise of Populism and the Revenge of the Places That Don’t Matter

Rodríguez‐Pose

2020

LSE Public Policy Review

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Populism is on the rise, especially in the developed world. It has gone from being a force to be reckoned with to becoming one of the main challenges for society today. But the causes behind its rise remain hotly debated. Many of the economic analyses of the ascent of populism have focused on growing inequalities-both from an interpersonal and territorial dimension. In this essay, I argue that the rise of the vote for anti-system parties is far more related to the long-term economic decline of places that have seen far better times and have been disadvantaged by processes that have rendered them exposed and somewhat 'expendable' than to increases inequality. Fixing this type of 'places that don't matter' is possibly one of the best ways to tackle anti-system voting. This will imply the implementation of well-targeted placesensitive polices, going beyond the traditional wealthy and less developed places that have attracted the bulk of investment and considering long-term economic trajectories.

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“…On the one hand, it helps us to consider the context variables that in a setting can determine the failure of a (transport) intervention that elsewhere was successful, as investigated by scholars working on policy mobility [88][89][90]. On the other hand, it allows us to consider to what extent non-technical considerations influence a policy process, referring for example to public concerns, different actors' objectives, or even to the "thirst for prestige transport infrastructures" [27].…”

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“…Transport policies determine several socio-spatial impacts that enhance or impede the public acceptance and therefore the political feasibility of certain options. These include a wide range of features, such as the amount and distribution of the costs and benefits generated by each measure [23,24]; the conflicts generated by a new transport policy, due to its externalities or to the disruptions in it generates [25,26]; or the perceptions associated with certain (often infrastructural) interventions, especially in terms of "need" and "prestige," as well as of their contribution to the "legacy" of the decision maker who promotes them [27,28]. These are just some of the social impacts generated by transport policies, and that the main evaluative techniques often struggle to consider [29].…”

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Socio-Spatial Concerns in Urban Mobility Planning: Insights from Competing Policies in Quito

2020

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Socio-spatial concerns are gaining increasing attention in the design of interventions for urban mobility. This is especially true in contexts traditionally characterized by structural inequality and high levels of poverty, in which transport can be a decisive contributor to development thanks to its contribution to a higher social inclusion. Amongst them, Latin America has emerged as a significant laboratory for urban and transport policy due not only to its socioeconomic conditions but also to the implementation of different mobility strategies based on the construction of traditional and innovative infrastructures such as subways and bus rapid transit (BRT) systems. These two transport systems can be complementary or alternative to each other: this depends not only on their transport capacity, their economic sustainability, and to their levels of public acceptability but also on social, political, and spatial features of the setting they serve. This paper intends to discuss the socio-spatial consequences that interventions based on different transport systems can generate, examining them in the city of Quito, Ecuador. The discussion is based on the implementation of the existing BRT network and of a subway line under construction. Reconstructing two contrasting transport policies developed in the city in the last 25 years, this paper proposes an overview of the socio-spatial concerns that influenced and were influenced by urban mobility planning in Quito. To do so, this paper reviews and compares the socio-spatial concerns related to BRT and subway corridors, considering their accessibility, the wider urban transformations they promote, their economic sustainability, and the overall public acceptability, estimating to what extent these have influenced the decision to implement a certain transport policy.

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Transitioning to Adaptive and Resilient Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

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The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies

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Institutions and the Thirst for ‘Prestige’ Transport Infrastructure

Cited by 11 publications

References 39 publications

The Rise of Populism and the Revenge of the Places That Don’t Matter

The Rise of Populism and the Revenge of the Places That Don’t Matter

Socio-Spatial Concerns in Urban Mobility Planning: Insights from Competing Policies in Quito

Transitioning to Adaptive and Resilient Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

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