Urban governance, interspatial competition and the political geographies of the new economy

2005 ◽  
pp. 167-200
Keyword(s):  
Urban Governance ◽  
New Economy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Geographies

Cities and the Political Geographies of the “New” Economy

2019 ◽  
pp. 171-205
Author(s):  
Neil Brenner
Keyword(s):  
Urban Growth ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
The Political ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
Political Strategies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Political Geographies

This chapter develops a scalar reinterpretation of contemporary political strategies to promote urban regeneration through the clustering of so-called new economy industries specialized in the production and deployment of advanced informational and communications technologies. In contrast to much of the hyperbole that has surrounded the new economy concept, this analysis of European trends suggests that urban growth strategies oriented toward such firms and sectors have generally involved rescaled, broadly market-disciplinary approaches to the regulation of uneven spatial development that seriously exacerbate, rather than resolve, the crisis tendencies and contradictions of post-Keynesian capitalism. However, despite their destabilizing macroeconomic consequences and the often vague, ideologically slippery spatial visions attached to projects to promote a new economy, such neoliberalizing regulatory rescalings continue to play a key role in the production of new urban spaces and new forms of urbanization.

scholarly journals Sieci biznesowe i innowacyjność MSP

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 76-80
Author(s):  
Kazimierz W. Krupa
Keyword(s):  
Online Community ◽  
New Economy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Interdependence ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Business Network ◽  
The World

Learn to do business in a funny way! Be part of an online community where interesting business ideas are turned into real business ventures. The online community is formed by aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world. Entrepreneurs contribute business network ideas and the best ideas are voted to be implemented via the online community. The new economy deals with the economic interdependence among nations and SMBs. It analyzes the flow of goods, services, and payments between a nation and the rest of the world, the policies directed at regulating this flow, and their effect on the nation’s welfare. This economic interdependence of innovations in SMBs is affected by, and in turn influences, the political, social, and cultural relations among small companies.

E-Democracy Systems and Participation Outcomes in Urban Governance

2013 ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajeev Sharma ◽  
Atreyi Kankanhalli ◽  
Mahdieh Taher
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Domain ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Field Information

The concept of democracy has a long tradition of research in the political science domain. In recent years, advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have provided opportunities for governments to deploy systems to actively engage citizens in the agenda-setting and decision-making processes for urban governance. Consequently, e-democracy and e-participation efforts have emerged and attracted researchers’ attention in the Information Systems (IS) field. Information systems lay the foundations of active citizenry, which may impact on the participation outcome. However, in order to maximize the potential of this evolving form of democracy, researchers and practitioners need to address a number of challenges in the design of participation structures for city governance. This chapter sets out to explore e-democracy systems and their impact on a number of e-participation outcomes. Outlining both promoters and barriers of ICT use for e-democracy, the authors also uncover gaps in the previous literature and identify an agenda for future research.

Urban Governance and the Political Economy of Livelihoods and Poverty in Harare, Zimbabwe

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-92
Author(s):  
Elmond Bandauko ◽  
Tafadzwa Mutambisi ◽  
Percy Toriro ◽  
Innocent Chirisa
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
The Political

scholarly journals City Profile: Johannesburg, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-270
Author(s):  
Caryn Abrahams ◽  
David Everatt
Keyword(s):  
Urban Governance ◽  
Industrial Plant ◽  
The Political ◽  
African Continent ◽  
The Past ◽  
Fiscal Management ◽  
The North ◽  
Rivers And Streams ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The city of Johannesburg offers insights into urban governance and the interesting interplay between managing the pressures in a rapidly urbanizing context, with the political imperatives that are enduring challenges. The metropolitan municipality of Johannesburg (hereafter Johannesburg), as it is known today, represents one of the most diverse cities in the African continent. That urbanization, however, came up hard against the power of the past. Areas zoned by race had been carved into the landscape, with natural and manufactured boundaries to keep formerly white areas ‘safe’ from those zoned for other races. Highways, light industrial plant, rivers and streams, all combined to ensure the Johannesburg landscape are spatially disfigured, and precisely because it is built into the landscape, the impact of apartheid has proved remarkably durable. Urban growth is concentrated in Johannesburg’s townships and much of it is class driven: the middle class (of all races) is increasingly being found in cluster and complexes in the north Johannesburg, while poor and working-class African and coloured communities in particular are densifying in the south. The racial and spatial divisions of the city continue to pose fundamental challenges in terms of governance, fiscal management and spatially driven service delivery.

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