TY - JOUR
T1 - The ghost in the machine
T2 - The neoliberal urban visions of Michael Bloomberg
AU - Brash, Julian
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - This paper discusses the role of grand urban visions in neoliberal urbanism by drawing on ethnographic and other research into the administration of New York City's ex-CEO Mayor, Michael Bloomberg. It argues that such visions illustrate the cultural dimensions and power of neoliberal urbanism, of which Bloomberg's approach to governance and development was an example. It describes the details and development of such visions in the Bloomberg administration, their role in the administration's ambitious development agenda, and the ways in which they affected the politics surrounding this agenda.
AB - This paper discusses the role of grand urban visions in neoliberal urbanism by drawing on ethnographic and other research into the administration of New York City's ex-CEO Mayor, Michael Bloomberg. It argues that such visions illustrate the cultural dimensions and power of neoliberal urbanism, of which Bloomberg's approach to governance and development was an example. It describes the details and development of such visions in the Bloomberg administration, their role in the administration's ambitious development agenda, and the ways in which they affected the politics surrounding this agenda.
KW - New York
KW - neoliberalism
KW - urban development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862266604&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08873631.2012.687535
DO - 10.1080/08873631.2012.687535
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84862266604
SN - 0887-3631
VL - 29
SP - 135
EP - 153
JO - Journal of Cultural Geography
JF - Journal of Cultural Geography
IS - 2
ER -
