Néolibéraliser la ville fordiste

Abstract

This article aims at showing that post-keynesianism in British urban politics can be described as a neoliberalisation process which influences local government since the early eighties. We consider that the restructuring of the State and of the central/local relationships should be divided in two main sequences (“roll-back”, then “roll-out”). We will observe how these evolutions of the urban politics have been impacting the contents of both urban political agendas and governance. In order to do this, this paper is based on the recent history of two old industrial cities : Manchester and Sheffield.

Keywords

• British cities
• economic development
• governance
• urban politics