Politik-Transfer von Business Improvement Districts als Beispiel für eine „Amerikanisierung“ der deutschen Stadt?

Vollmer, Annette

doi:10.1007/978-3-531-92653-7_16

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“…The introduction of a compulsory fee and BID-friendly adjustments of the city’s institutional structures and decision-making processes are seen as most apparent signs for a changing relation between public and private interests (Töpfer, Eick, and Sambale 2007). Yet, in line with the notion of varieties of capitalism, some have argued, BIDs are largely alien to a “coordinated market economy” such as Germany and its tradition of urban governance and urban planning (Vollmer 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There are some studies on legal issues and some within economic sciences and urban planning (Binger 2010; Hecker 2010; Rettig 2008). But there is scarcely anything on BIDs from the perspective of geography or urban studies (notable exceptions are Eick 2012; Pütz 2008; Töpfer, Eick, and Sambale 2007; Vollmer 2011). In the following chapters, we try to bring some evidence that derives from a comparative research project on trajectories of local implementations of BIDs in several different national and regional contexts.…”

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Reclaiming the European City and Lobbying for Privilege

Michel

Stein

2014

Urban Affairs Review

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Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are an increasing global phenomenon. In diverse places, they are established and sought of as helpful means to improve urban places. BIDs are frequently seen as a showcase for new forms of globalizing urban policies. This paper contrasts and broadens the frequent examples from the United States and the United Kingdom with experiences from Germany. We argue that this presents not just another example of BIDs as a mode of global neoliberal urban governance in yet another country. Instead, our case study highlights the elasticity and resilience of said concept and the impact of local trajectories on the mobilization of modes of urban governance. Compared with other places, BIDs in Germany remain relatively weak in terms of financial power. Nonetheless, the case of Hamburg shows how they are made suitable for discourses and practices of a neoliberalized “European City.”

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Section: The State Of Bids In Germanymentioning

confidence: 99%