By Design or by Default

Varieties of Neoliberal Urban Development

Bibliographic Data

ID6404136
AuthorsTimothy P R Weaver (0000-0001-7662-7940, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume54
Issue2
Pages234-266
Publication date2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1078087416683448
OpenAlexW2779875568
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited46

With the onset of the Great Recession, it looked for a moment that neoliberalism had become vulnerable to challenges from the urban level. Yet, it appears that the neoliberal ideas, institutions, and policy frameworks continue to dominate urban governance. As such, there remains a need to develop interpretive frames through which to examine the construction and reproduction of urban neoliberalism. This article seeks to provide a historically grounded account of urban neoliberalization, which pays specific attention to how neoliberalism has been constructed ideologically, politically, and institutionally. Through a comparison of cases in the United Kingdom and the United States, I suggest that the respective alignment of ideas, institutions, and interests accounts for “the pace, extent, and character” of urban neoliberalization. I argue that the variation in the manner of urban neoliberalization may be captured through two key mechanisms: neoliberalism by design and neoliberalism by default

Corporate governance · Economics · Ideology · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban Studies