Constructing Narratives for City Governance

Transnational Perspectives on Urban Narration

Alistair Cole, Aisling Healy, Christelle Morel Journel (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

176 Seiten

2022
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80037-444-7 (ISBN)

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Bringing together transnational perspectives on urban narration, this innovative book analyses how a combination of tales, images and discourses are used to brand, market and (re-)make cities, focusing on the actors behind this and the conflicts of power that arise in defining and governing city futures.

Reflecting theoretically on the role of storytelling in urban contexts, an international range of leading scholars analyse how the re-making of cities is governed. Undertaking detailed empirical case studies across France, Hong Kong, the UK and the US, chapters provide comparative perspectives on a broad range of urban narratives, including alternative narratives within and across cities. Cases examined include the smart city of Hong Kong, the multi-city economy of England’s Northern Powerhouse, and resistance and resilience in Lyon and Pittsburgh. Ultimately, this insightful book underlines the importance of urban narratives in the government and governance of cities.

With global scope, this book will prove a valuable resource for students and scholars of urban affairs, politics, geography and public administration who are interested in narrative approaches, alongside various stakeholders and policy makers working in city governance.

Edited by Alistair Cole, Professor of Political Science, Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, Aisling Healy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Triangle (UMR CNRS 5206) and Christelle Morel Journel, Assistant Professor of Geography, EVS-Isthme (UMR CNRS 5600), Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France

Contents:

1 Introduction to the role of urban narratives: governing the
(re)making of cities 1
Alistair Cole, Aisling Healy and Christelle Morel Journel
2 Confronting the Pittsburgh narrative: renaissance, renewal
and the tension of authenticity 17
Sabina Deitrick and Michael R. Glass
3 Saint-Étienne: from the modest to the creative city or the
ongoing search for a convincing urban narrative 31
Christelle Morel Journel and Georges Gay
4 Rescaling urban entrepreneurialism: England’s Northern
Powerhouse as a multi-city economic narrative 48
Danny MacKinnon
5 ‘Braddock America’: building a narrative on a mayor’s charisma 64
Christelle Morel Journel and Aisling Healy
6 Socio-genesis of a private government: Greater Lyon’s
narrative of the ‘metropolitan governance’ of economic
development policies 82
Aisling Healy
7 The ‘Smart City’ between urban narrative and empty
signifier: the case of Hong Kong 100
Alistair Cole, Calvin Lai Ming Tsun, Dionysios Stivas and Emilie Tran
8 “Witness to history”: narratives of resistance and
resilience in Lyon and Pittsburgh 123
Dan Holland

References 137
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.12.2022
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-80037-444-5 / 1800374445
ISBN-13	978-1-80037-444-7 / 9781800374447
Zustand	Neuware