L6 - Policy Mobilities

Question 1

Jessop 1997

Answer 1

‘Common sense’ urban transformation narratives strike a coord with wider hegemonic discourses - becoming ‘comparable’

Question 2

Policy transfer =

Answer 2

process by which knowledge about XYZ in one system (past or present) becomes used in another

Question 3

Policy mobilites =

Answer 3

paying attention to how policies are made mobile/immobile, why this occurs, and the relation of this towards cities

Question 4

Bilbao + Guggenheim

Answer 4

pre-1997 declining

post-1997 and the development of Guggenheim

[+] desirable, economic boost, tourism
[-] quick fix, gentrification

Question 5

Bogota + Ciclovia

Answer 5

weekly street closure programme

1. promotion of public space
2. non-car transport options
3. citizen culture

• 1m participants
• streets closed 7am-2pm
• 200+ cities have taken up similar initiatives

Question 6

Why did ciclovia spread?

Answer 6

1. international campaign
2. transnational network w/focus on sustainable transport and public health
3. ‘ciclovia experts’
4. technology and publicity

Question 7

HOWEVER - EBPM

Answer 7

evidence-based policy making is socially constructed, and policy learning is never neutral or technocratic

branding and discourse are important

no simple transfer but complex mobilities