Networked cities and steering states: Urban policy circulations and the reshaping of State–cities relationships in France

Catégorie : Article dans une revue

Auteur(s) : Vincent Beal , Renaud Epstein , Gilles Pinson

Nom de la revue : Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

pp. 796-815

Année de publication : 2018


Résumé :

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.


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