The Janus-faced genius of cities

Parnreiter, Christof

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“…This view is shared in more recent publications (e.g. Parnreiter, 2022), and echoed by authors highlighting inter-municipal co-operations while coining the concept of experimental municipal statecraft (e.g. McGuirk et al, 2021).…”

Section: Towards a More Inclusive Urban Intrapreneurialism?mentioning

confidence: 85%

“…Although uneven development is a concept that has mainly been applied on a global or even planetary scale (Peck, 2016), it serves as a broad concept that is also applicable to the differences between ‘superstar cities’ (Kemeny and Storper, 2020) and ‘places that do not matter’ (Rodríguez-Pose, 2018) on a national, regional and urban scale (see also Leyshon, 2021; Parnreiter, 2022). While it is beyond the scope of this article to discuss the definition of the concept of uneven development at length, it is important to highlight that the concept implies a relational mechanism, meaning that spatial inequalities are interconnected.…”

Section: What About Uneven Development?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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An economic geography perspective on city diplomacy

2023

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City officials increasingly maintain relations with foreign stakeholders, both public and private, a practice that is generally referred to as city diplomacy. In the past, city diplomacy activities focused on bilateral cultural and knowledge exchanges. Although this type of collaboration still exists, contemporary city diplomacy has become more dynamic and diverse, and increasingly includes an economic dimension. In addition, many cities currently prioritise becoming involved in a variety of multilateral inter-urban networks. Despite wide-ranging conversations on the challenges and opportunities of these new types of city diplomacy, theoretical reflections regarding the underlying processes and the potential consequences remain largely absent from the literature. In this article, we argue that the city diplomacy literature can therefore be enriched by engaging with concepts and debates developed in economic geography in two main ways. We first elaborate on contemporary varieties of urban entrepreneurialism and the extent to which these correspond with city diplomacy practices. We argue that city diplomacy contains elements of both traditional entrepreneurialism and managerialism. Second, we look at city diplomacy through the lens of uneven development, hypothesising that city diplomacy may entail a self-reinforcing effect in terms of enhancing socio-spatial differences between ‘superstar cities’ and ‘places that do not matter’ respectively.

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Section: Towards a More Inclusive Urban Intrapreneurialism?mentioning

confidence: 85%

Section: What About Uneven Development?mentioning

confidence: 99%

An economic geography perspective on city diplomacy

2023

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“…Although over the last decades across many areas of the Global South there has been an expansion of this class, the majority of this growth has taken place in a few Asian countries (Kharas, 2017;Ravallion, 2010). By contrast, rapid urbanisation in less developed countries has often brought about urban poverty and a rapid expansion of slums, where health, economic and security challenges prevail (Parnreiter, 2022;Sarzynski, 2012;UN-Habitat, 2004).…”

Section: Modernisation and The 'Disruptive Power' Of Citiesmentioning

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Progressive cities: Urban–rural polarisation of social values and economic development around the world

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In contrast to the conservative values of rural populations, cities are often seen as bulwarks of more tolerant, liberal and progressive values. This urban–rural divide in values has become one of the major fault lines in Western democracies, underpinning major political events of the last decade, not least the election of Donald Trump. Yet, beyond a small number of countries, there is little evidence that cities really are more liberal than rural areas. Evolutionary modernisation theory suggests that socio-economic development may lead to the spread of progressive, self-expression values but provides little guidance on the role of cities in this process. Has an urban–rural split in values developed across the world? And does this gap depend on the economic development of a country? We answer these questions using a large cross-sectional dataset covering 66 countries. Despite the inherent challenges in identifying and operationalising a globally-consistent definition of what is ‘urban’, we show that there are marked and significant urban–rural differences in progressive values, defined as tolerant attitudes to immigration, gender rights and family life. These differences exist even when controlling for observable compositional effects, suggesting that cities do play a role in the spread of progressive values. Yet, these results only apply at higher levels of economic development suggesting that, for cities to leave behind rural areas in terms of liberal values, the satisfying of certain material needs is a prerequisite.

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The Encyclopedia of Human Geography

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The Janus-faced genius of cities

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An economic geography perspective on city diplomacy

An economic geography perspective on city diplomacy

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