The transformation of local politics: manufacturing plant closures and governing coalition fragmentation

Lauria, Mickey

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“…For example, a fair number of critics have worried that regime theory potentially elides key individuals or phenomenon in the urban political process such as local culture (Ferman, 1996;Ramsay, 1996;Sharp, 1996), federalist relations (Cox, 1993;Harding, 1994;Leo, 1997), race cf. Bennett, 1993;Fainstein and Fainstein, 1996), gender (Clarke and Staeheli, 1995) or electoral politics (Lauria, 1994). Together these concerns register a frustration with claiming a priori that cities are essentially 'commercial republics' where public equals state and private equals market.…”

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“…Stoker (1995) and Feldman (1997), for instance, insist that regime theory is too descriptive, while Cox (1991a;1991b) and Ward (1996) claim it is a chaotic concept from a realist perspective. More recently, attempts have been made to place it in a neo-Marxist regulationist framework (Lauria, 1997). Whatever the merits of these alternatives though, liberal political philosophy can hardly be denied as a theoretical framework!…”

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Reconceptualizing public and private in urban regime theory: governance in AIDS politics

Brown

1999

Int J Urban Regional Res

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Regime theory is a means by which scholars study governance in the city. Governance is defined as a productive exercise of power (‘the power to’) resulting from the normative and actual arrangements (the ‘regime’) between public and private spheres in a liberal democratic community. To date, the public‐private couplet has been conceptualized as the state and market institutions respectively. In this paper I show that this definition is but one particular (Lockean) conceptualization of the public and private. Other dimensions also exist in liberalism itself (Romantic, Modern and feminist critique) and thus have considerable saliency in urban life and politics. Recognizing this point benefits regime theory by strengthening and extending its theoretical and empirical consistency. It captures the complex structuration of city politics better, and facilitates the examination of non‐traditional forms and locations of politics in the city, where each of the dimensions of the public‐private couplet might produce governance. Using grounded theory, that point is developed through an account of local politics of AIDS in a New Zealand city, where various forms of public and private enterprise connect to successfully achieve the policy goals of prevention, education and support. La théorie du régime est un moyen pour les chercheurs d’étudier le gouvernement des villes. La gouvernance est définie comme l’exercice productif du pouvoir (‘le pouvoir de’) qui résulte des arrangements normatifs et réels (le ‘régime’) entre les sphères du privé et du public dans une communauté libérale démocratique. Jusqu’à maintenant, le couple public‐privé a été aux institutions de l’état et du marché. Dans cet article je montre que cette représentation n’est qu’une représentation particulière (Lock) du public et du privé. D’autres dimensions existent dans le libéralisme même (romantique, moderne, et la critique féministe) et ont donc une importance considérable dans la vie et dans les politiques urbaines. La reconnaissance de ce point bénéficie à la théorie du régime en donnant de la force à sa consistance empirique et théorique et en l’étendant. Ceci rend mieux compte de la structuration complexe des politiques des villes, et facilite l’examen des formes et des lieux de politique non traditionnels de la ville, ou` chaque dimension du couple public‐privé peut produire la gouvernance. En utilisant grounded‐théory, ce point est développé dans un compte‐rendu de la politique locale du Sida dans une ville de Nouvelle‐Zélande où des formes diverses d’entreprise publique et privée se rejoignent pour atteindre les buts politiques de la prévention, de l’éducation et du soutien.

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Reconceptualizing public and private in urban regime theory: governance in AIDS politics

Brown

1999

Int J Urban Regional Res

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“…Corporations can use this reliance politically to neutralize local collectives, in effect erasing localities' potential to produce an oppositional politics. Localities historically have been the domain of less mobile (i.e., locally dependent) capital, but corporations (large mobile capital) appear to be increasing their influence on local politics by encouraging local managers to be more involved locally (Lauria, 1994 protect their competitive domination be ensured, both at home and abroad. Corporations are prone to support local collectives as a means of subverting opportunities for local autonomy.…”

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Review Essay:Unmaking Goliath

Wilson

2005

Urban Geography

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“…Our analysis of governance is informed by "reconstructed' versions of regime and regulation theories (Lauria 1997). Regime theory argues that the capacity to govern a local economy is not determined by the dynamics of a globalized capitalism nor is it reducible to winning elections.…”

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“…Recent versions of regime theory have broadened its focus beyond governing coalitions to the wider spatial context in which these coalitions exist and operate. Some scholars have made more explicit the links between changes in the spatial division of labor and the conditions under which governing coalitions form and fragment (Jonas 1992;Lauria 1994). Others have pointed to transformations in the function and policies of the state, including a shift in local politics from collective consumption to economic competition (Cochrane 1991(Cochrane , 1998Cox 1993).…”

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Governing Massachusetts: Uneven Development and Politics in Metropolitan Boston

Horan¹,

Jonas²

1998

Economic Geography

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The transformation of local politics: manufacturing plant closures and governing coalition fragmentation

Cited by 14 publications

References 65 publications

Reconceptualizing public and private in urban regime theory: governance in AIDS politics

Reconceptualizing public and private in urban regime theory: governance in AIDS politics

Review Essay:Unmaking Goliath

Governing Massachusetts: Uneven Development and Politics in Metropolitan Boston

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