Sydney/Global/City: An Exploration

McNeill, Donald; Dowling, Robyn; Fagan, Robert

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2427.2005.00629.x

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“…Second, in a more abstract argument, evidence of MPE diversity and the possibility (indeed probability) of socio-political outcomes that will diverge from Anglo-American experience (see Glasze, 2005), suggests the need to generate theoretical knowledge derived from the historically and geographically different contexts and path-dependent outcomes of the Australian urban experience (see Robinson, 2006). 12 Our hope is that the analytical framework developed here can accommodate both these needs and, in so doing, assist in some small way in addressing the wider problem of the generalisation of AngloAmerican experiences to build universalised, essentialised urban theory (McNeill et al, 2005). At the very least it should progress the project of enhancing the theoretical recognition of urban difference via investigations of the MPE phenomenon under, in this case, distinct and unique Australian conditions.…”

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Understanding Master-Planned Estates in Australian Cities: A Framework for Research

McGuirk

Dowling

2007

Urban Policy and Research

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Master-planned estates (MPEs) are becoming increasingly important as a part of the urban residential fabric and have recently begun to attract significant research attention. Our purpose in this article is to engage critically with understandings of MPEs in the Australian context and to suggest the need for both empirical and theoretical expansion. We draw on research into MPEs in the greater metropolitan region of Sydney and demonstrate how their diverse form and character exceed the parameters of Blakely and Snyder's (Fortress America, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1997) influential and widely cited typology of MPEs. In a move towards grounded theory, we build from our findings to suggest three key analytical dimensions needed to equip us with more complex and theory-driven understandings of the dynamic forms and outcomes of MPE development: (i) the nature of governance mechanisms that produce MPEs and govern life within them; (ii) the influence of housing market context on the unfolding of urban social processes; and (iii) the dynamic and lived nature of neighbourhood and community. These dimensions are aimed to capture the empirical multiplicity of the MPE phenomenon and to broaden the scope of the theoretical and analytical frameworks that have characterised their Australian analysis. It is our hope that analysis framed by these expanded dimensions can contribute to the project of enhancing theoretical recognition of urban difference under distinct and unique Australian conditions.

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Understanding Master-Planned Estates in Australian Cities: A Framework for Research

McGuirk

Dowling

2007

Urban Policy and Research

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“…In 1996 the State Government published Sydney as a Global City, a planning survey geared to 'attracting global activities' (Searle, 1996). The report was translated into planning orthodoxy to offer Sydney as a 'sense of place for global consumption', usurping other models of urban planning (Dean, 2005, p. 51;McNeill et al, 2005). In 2002 'global Sydney' was identified as a class of people embedded in transnational flows, working in a 'slither' of well-to-do suburbs measuring not more than 10 km wide and 30 km in length (Jopson, 2002).…”

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Provoking ‘Globalist Sydney’: Neoliberal Summits and Spatial Reappropriation

Goodman

2010

Globalizations

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Neoliberal globalism, as market ideology, thrives as an abstract and universal claim on society. The social relations that drive it become most clearly exposed through the exercise of material power in concrete places. In these places, challengers engage in public pedagogy, unveiling social interests and impacts of neoliberal globalism, forcing public deliberation. Within these sites of contestation, new refusals and alternatives can come into view. The article analyses challenges to globalist summits in Sydney, creating a narrative of urban protest centred on spatial reappropriation. Street conflicts are seen as demonstrating the territorial logic of neoliberal globalism, and not only provoking dominant formations but also suggesting possibilities beyond them. Evidence of this pedagogic process is gleaned from press reports and public encounters, signalling a different city, beyond 'Globalist Sydney'.El globalismo neoliberal, como una ideología comercial, florece como una noción abstracta y universal en la sociedad. Las relaciones sociales que la guían, se exponen más claramente a través del ejercicio del poder material en sitios concretos. En estos lugares, los retadores participan activamente en la pedagogía, revelando intereses sociales e impactos del globalismo neoliberal, forzando a deliberaciones públicas. Dentro de estos sitios de protesta, pueden salir a la luz nuevas negativas y alternativas. El artículo analiza los retos a las cumbres globalistas de Sídney, creando una narrativa de protesta urbana centrada en la reapropiación espacial. Los conflictos callejeros se ven como la demostración de la lógica territorial del globalismo neoliberal y no sólo el reto a las creaciones dominantes, pero también sugiriendo las posibilidades más allá de ellas. Una evidencia de este proceso pedagógico se ha obtenido de los reportes de los medios y enfrentamientos públicos, que señalan a una ciudad diferente, más allá de una 'Sídney globalista'.

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“…The fact that Sydney is now a global city has been argued and testified by international and local writers (see Baum, 1997;Beaverstock et al, 1999;Connell, 2000;Daly and Pritchard, 2000;Fagan, 2000;Friedmann, 1986Friedmann, , 1995Godfrey and Zhou, 1999;Hu, 2012a;McNeill et al, 2005;Searle, 1996Searle, , 1998Searle and De Valence, 2005;Taylor, 2004;. Likewise, economic globalization is essentialized in the global Sydney discourse, and the important element of migration is missing.…”

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Global City and Migration: A Critical Review for Sydney, Australia

McCLURE²

2014

Chn. J. Urb. Environ.Stud

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as a global city and the economic, social, and spatial transformations. Concerning migration, it addresses its increased scale and complexity, spatial settlement and movement, and social polarization and spatial inequality. The article identifies two gaps in the literature: Missing migration in the global Sydney discourse, and failure to address the interplay between global Sydney and migration. Based upon the thematic patterns of the literature, and the identified gaps, some critical reflections are made to suggest a future research agendautilizing global Sydney as a meaningful spatial scale for contemporary migration analysis, and developing the analytical frameworks and methodologies that integrate both global Sydney and migration research.

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Sydney/Global/City: An Exploration

Cited by 30 publications

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Understanding Master-Planned Estates in Australian Cities: A Framework for Research

Understanding Master-Planned Estates in Australian Cities: A Framework for Research

Provoking ‘Globalist Sydney’: Neoliberal Summits and Spatial Reappropriation

Global City and Migration: A Critical Review for Sydney, Australia

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