The Disappearance of the State from "Livable" Urban Spaces
The Disappearance of the State from "Livable" Urban Spaces
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00699.x
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发表时间：
2009-11-01
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5
通讯作者：
Powers, Emily M.
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Hankins, Katherine B.;Powers, Emily M.
本文从“宜居”城市空间的论述和实践中审视了国家的缺失。根据美国最大的新城市开发项目大西洋站的民族志，我们认为“宜居”的城市空间越来越多地成为奢华、戏剧和消费的场所，而国家虽然是创造大西洋站等城市空间的重要参与者，但在很大程度上已经被隐形了。在缺乏学校、公园和图书馆等公共机构，以及大西洋站赞助人之间缺乏集体政治认同的情况下，我们看到了这一点。国家在城市物质空间中的消失表明，个人主义和消费主义的新自由主义项目正在改变宜居的概念和民主的可能性，使城市空间变得“宜居”。
This paper examines the absence of the state from the discourses and practices of "livable" urban spaces. Drawing from an ethnography of Atlantic Station, the USA's largest new urbanist infill development, we argue that "livable" urban spaces are increasingly arenas for luxury, theater, and consumption, and that the state, while an important actor in the creation of urban spaces such as Atlantic Station, has largely been made invisible. We see this in the absence of public institutions, such as schools, parks, and libraries, and in the absence of a collective political identity among Atlantic Station patrons. The disappearance of the state in the material spaces of the city suggests that the neoliberal project of individualism and consumerism is transforming the very notion of livability and the democratic possibilities of what makes urban space "livable".