Networked cities and steering states: Urban policy circulations and the reshaping of State–cities relationships in France
EPSTEIN, Renaud
Centre de recherches sociologiques sur le droit et les institutions pénales [CESDIP]
Centre de recherches sociologiques sur le droit et les institutions pénales [CESDIP]
EPSTEIN, Renaud
Centre de recherches sociologiques sur le droit et les institutions pénales [CESDIP]
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Centre de recherches sociologiques sur le droit et les institutions pénales [CESDIP]
Language
en
Article de revue
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Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 2018, vol. 36, n° 5, p. 796-815
SAGE Publishing
English Abstract
This article focuses on the circulation of urban policy “models” and its influence on the reshaping of relationships between State and cities in France. It suggests that the increasing mobility of practices and knowledge ...Read more >
This article focuses on the circulation of urban policy “models” and its influence on the reshaping of relationships between State and cities in France. It suggests that the increasing mobility of practices and knowledge between cities cannot be explained solely by the intensification of horizontal exchanges involving city halls throughout Europe. It also relies on the restructuring of the State and the transformation of its intervention in urban policymaking processes. By considering the Programme National de Rénovation Urbaine and the Plan Ville Durable, the article highlights the emergence of a new model of State–cities relationships characterized by the tracking of local “exemplary” initiatives, and by their certification and diffusion by the central State itself. This new model of relationships allows the State to strengthen its capacity to steer urban policies at a distance, without actually challenging the rise in power of French cities.Read less <
English Keywords
state–cities relationships
policy circulations
policy transfers
urban policies
new public management
steering state
Origin
Hal imported