Metropolitics

Regeneration and the Legacy of Thatcherism

Juliet Carpenter — 2014-10-15T04:55:00Z

What was Margaret Thatcher's legacy in terms of the way inner-city areas are regenerated in the UK? Juliet Carpenter shows that while the highly market-driven approach of 1980s “urban development corporations” was later officially abandoned in favour of more community-led action, certain elements of the Thatcherite philosophy survived under New Labour, resulting in the “state-led gentrification” of Britain's cities.
Much has been written about Margaret Thatcher's legacy since her death in

- Essays / urban renewal, inequalities, liberalism, deindustrialization, urban development, United Kingdom, territorial development, urban regeneration, redevelopment, Thatcher, centralism

The effects of Thatcherism in the urban North of England

Mark Bailoni & translated by Oliver Waine — 2014-04-02T04:50:00Z

The economic policies of Margaret Thatcher's governments polarised not just opinion but also whole swathes of the UK. In particular, the cities of northern England – Labour heartlands in an economically divided country – represented a counterweight during the Thatcher years. Weakened by relative decline and the continued application of Thatcherite policies post-1990, these cities now appear to have converted to a form of governance tailored to territorial competitiveness.
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- Essays / decentralization, inequalities, liberalism, deindustrialization, United Kingdom, territorial development, Thatcher, centralism, England

For a Critique of the Liberal Foundations of American Cities

David Imbroscio — 2011-06-29T05:04:00Z

Profoundly touched by the consequences of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, David Imbroscio seeks concrete political solutions to transform American cities. In order to do so, he calls for an epistemological repositioning that necessitates abandoning the dominant philosophical foundations of liberalism in the United States, and this as much by academia as by the political Left. This critical and pragmatic project is developed in a recent book, Urban America Reconsidered, which he discusses here.

- Debates / governance, inequalities, urban critique, capitalism, liberalism