Model employers and model cities

Bangalore’s public sector and the rise of the neoliberal city

Bibliographic Data

ID11670344
AuthorsH Jacob Carlson (0000-0003-2860-2110, University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume39
Issue5
Pages726-745
Publication date2017-10-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02723638.2017.1388734
OpenAlexW2765103406
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited28

Bangalore is held up as a model for how cities, particularly in the global south, should develop in the globalized information age, in which entrepreneurs with new access to international capital fuel service-sector-driven development. Expanding market forces cultivate cities of skilled middle-class workers whose increased consumption generates broad developmental benefits. Now known as the “Silicon Valley of India,” Bangalore was previously the capital of India’s public sector enterprises (PSEs), which laid important groundwork for the city of today, including the IT sector. I show how, by providing access to homeownership along with high wages and benefits tied to secure employment, Bangalore’s PSEs created the foundation for the city today and its middle-class character. The skilled workforce that PSEs created helped the IT sector emerge in the city. By examining this erased history, we see the role of the state in development projects, and consider alternative models for urban change

Civil engineering · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Public sector · Sociology · Urban geography · Urban planning · Engineering · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban Planning and Governance · Urbanization and City Planning

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