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Entrepreneurialism in Uppsala : Public - Private partnership and the construction of a safe public space
Entrepreneurial urbanism is the narrative of the modern city, and more and more the city is constructed as a commodity to be competitive on the market and attract investment. City managers and developers are using different strategies to market and construct the city as attractive and vibrant. One characteristic of the entrepreneurial city is the use of public-private partnerships. This thesis explores the public-private partnership project in Uppsala inner city where private security guards are, since 2017, patrolling public space. Urban development narratives in Uppsala are promoting the city as attractive and as a living room for the residents, and it is through this conceptualisation they want to protect the inner city. This paper is, through the theoretical framework of Laclau and Mouffe´s Discourse Theory, analysing material focusing on the articulatory practices of the public-private partnership and the discursive construction of “the city”. The operationalization of Discourse theory with the theoretical framework presented in this paper produces a critique of the entrepreneurial and neo-liberal agenda in Uppsala. Focusing on the public-private partnership project and the control of public space, as well as the entrepreneurial narrative of the partnership, the paper argues for a radicalisation of urban politics and the creation of a plural city.
Entrepreneurialism in Uppsala : Public - Private partnership and the construction of a safe public space
Entrepreneurial urbanism is the narrative of the modern city, and more and more the city is constructed as a commodity to be competitive on the market and attract investment. City managers and developers are using different strategies to market and construct the city as attractive and vibrant. One characteristic of the entrepreneurial city is the use of public-private partnerships. This thesis explores the public-private partnership project in Uppsala inner city where private security guards are, since 2017, patrolling public space. Urban development narratives in Uppsala are promoting the city as attractive and as a living room for the residents, and it is through this conceptualisation they want to protect the inner city. This paper is, through the theoretical framework of Laclau and Mouffe´s Discourse Theory, analysing material focusing on the articulatory practices of the public-private partnership and the discursive construction of “the city”. The operationalization of Discourse theory with the theoretical framework presented in this paper produces a critique of the entrepreneurial and neo-liberal agenda in Uppsala. Focusing on the public-private partnership project and the control of public space, as well as the entrepreneurial narrative of the partnership, the paper argues for a radicalisation of urban politics and the creation of a plural city.
Entrepreneurialism in Uppsala : Public - Private partnership and the construction of a safe public space
Rudström, Hedvig (author)
2020-01-01
Uppsatser Kulturgeografiska institutionen
Theses
Electronic Resource
English
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