From managerialism to entrepreneurialism: The transformation in urban governance in late capitalism Cover Image

Od menedżeryzmu do przedsiębiorczości: transformacja procesu rządzenia miastami w późnym kapitalizmie
From managerialism to entrepreneurialism: The transformation in urban governance in late capitalism

Author(s): David Harvey
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy
Published by: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie we współpracy z Wydawnictwem Naukowym Scholar
Keywords: urban governance; local development; competition among cities; capital accumulation; capital social relationsl

Summary/Abstract: In recent years, urban governance has become increasingly preoccupied with the exploration of new ways in which to foster and encourage local development and employment growth. Such an entrepreneurial stance contrasts with the managerial practices of earlier decades which primarily focussed on the local provision of services, facilities and benefits to urban populations. This paper explores the context of this shift from managerialism to entrepreneurialism in urban governance and seeks to show how mechanisms of inter–urban competition shape outcomes and generate macroeconomic consequences. The relations between urban change and economic development are thereby brought into focus in a period characterised by considerable economic and political instability.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 84-106
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish