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Experimenting with alternative economies: four emergent counter-narratives of urban economic development

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posted on 2023-06-09, 05:52 authored by Noel Longhurst, Flor Avelino, Julia Wittmeyer, Paul Weaver, Adina Dumitru, Sabine Hielscher, Carla Cipolla, Rita Alfonso, Iris Kunze, Morton Elle
Neoliberalism is a powerful narrative that has shaped processes of urban economic development across the globe. This paper reports on four nascent ‘new economic’ narratives which represent fundamentally different imaginaries of the urban economy. Experiments informed by these narratives challenge the dominant neoliberal logic in four key dimensions: What is the purpose of economic development? What are the preferred distributive mechanisms? Who governs the economy? What is the preferred form of economic organisation? The emergence of these experiments illustrates that cities are spaces where counter-narratives can emerge and circulate. Acknowledging the existence of these alternative visions opens up a wider set of possibilities for future urban transitions.

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TRANSIT - Transformative Social Innovation Theory project (FP7 SSH.2013.3.2-1) (DRIFT lead); G1256; EUROPEAN UNION; FP7-SSH-2013-1 (613169)

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  • Published

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Journal

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

ISSN

1877-3435

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

22

Page range

69-74

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-04-24

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-04-24

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