Constructing authority

Embodied expertise, homegrown neoliberalism, and the globalization of Singapore's private planning

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4140903
AutoresCp Pow (National University of Singapore, Singapore, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume50
Fascículo6
Páginas1209-1227
Data de publicação2018-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0308518x18778036
OpenAlexW2803471317
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas38

The rise of global urban consultancy and the role of private planners in facilitating "knowledge transfer" between cities have received much critical attention in the recent years. Notwithstanding the burgeoning literature critiquing such neoliberal "fast policy" transfer, little is understood in terms of the nuanced politics of expertise and the careering practices of urban consultants in negotiating the diverse international planning fields through their embodied knowledge. Using Singapore as a case study, this paper investigates how 'homegrown neoliberal' urban consultancy firms from the city-state operate overseas and interrogates the unwieldy geographies and histories behind the travel of the Singapore model. To the extent that Singapore has often been held up as an exemplary urban model, this paper is interested in how Singaporean planners negotiate foreign planning cultures and assert their authority as urban experts by positioning themselves in elite policy networks to strategically exploit their liminal status as public/private planners. In doing so, the paper not only sheds light on the politics of urban knowledge and expertise but also disrupts hegemonic understanding of neoliberalism by acknowledging the diverse histories and conjunctural contexts that underpin the globalization of private planning

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