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Franzén, Mats
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Hertting, N., Thörn, C. & Franzén, M. (2022). Normalizing urban entrepreneurialism through sly de-politicization: City Centre Development in Gothenburg and Stockholm. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 46(2), 253-268
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Normalizing urban entrepreneurialism through sly de-politicization: City Centre Development in Gothenburg and Stockholm
2022 (English)In: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, ISSN 0309-1317, E-ISSN 1468-2427, Vol. 46, no 2, p. 253-268Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Among a number of proposals regarding ‘late’ forms of urban neoliberalism, it has recently been argued that urban entreprenurialism has become ‘common sense’ or even ‘dull compulsion’. In this article, we contribute to this discussion by exploring the structural conditions and local strategies for normalizing city-centre-oriented urban entrepreneurialism in a Swedish context. In doing so, we return to an important but sometimes overlooked aspect of David Harvey's original concept: the delicate act of organizing urban entrepreneurialism across public and private spheres of the local polity. From this perspective, the act of making urban entrepreneurialism normal is far from ‘dull compulsion’. Drawing on longitudinal case studies of two different public-private partnerships related to city centre development in the two largest Swedish cities, we highlight the active use of sly, or cunning, de-politicization strategies among local elite actors. Our analysis leads to the more general claim that we should expect similar sly de-politicization strategies to be necessary for normalizing urban entrepreneurialism in political contexts characterized by relatively strong local authorities, and in relation to spaces and topics of interest to many and diverse actors.

Keywords
urban entrepreneurialism, public-private partnerships, de-politicization, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Sweden, city centre, public space, imagineering, sanitizing
National Category
Human Geography
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-451962 (URN)10.1111/1468-2427.13017 (DOI)000670823300001 ()
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2005-01485
Available from: 2021-09-01 Created: 2021-09-01 Last updated: 2022-07-08Bibliographically approved
Franzén, M. (2022). [review of:] Die Gesellschaft der Singularitäten. Zum Strukturwandel der Moderne / Das Ende der Illusionen. Politik, Ökonomie und Kultur in der Spätmoderne [Review]. Sociologisk forskning, 59(1-2), 219-223
Open this publication in new window or tab >>[review of:] Die Gesellschaft der Singularitäten. Zum Strukturwandel der Moderne / Das Ende der Illusionen. Politik, Ökonomie und Kultur in der Spätmoderne
2022 (English)In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 59, no 1-2, p. 219-223Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sociologisk Forskning, Swedish Sociological Association, 2022
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-481352 (URN)10.37062/sf.59.24253 (DOI)000821839800013 ()
Note

Title in WoS:  The Society of Singularities. About the Structural Change of Modernity

Available from: 2022-08-09 Created: 2022-08-09 Last updated: 2022-08-09Bibliographically approved
Franzén, M. (2022). The Society of Singularities. About the Structural Change of Modernity [Review]. Sociologisk forskning, 59(1-2), 219-223
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Society of Singularities. About the Structural Change of Modernity
2022 (English)In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 59, no 1-2, p. 219-223Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
SOCIOLOGISK FORSKNING, 2022
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-489366 (URN)000821839800020 ()
Available from: 2023-01-02 Created: 2023-01-02 Last updated: 2023-01-02Bibliographically approved
Franzén, M. (2021). Martin Ericsson & Andrés Brink Pinto, Den bråkiga staden: Ungdomsupplopp och ungdomspolitik i efterkrigstidens Stockholm (Stockholm: Stockholmia förlag 2019). 340 s. [Review]. Historisk Tidskrift, 141(1), 156-158
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Martin Ericsson & Andrés Brink Pinto, Den bråkiga staden: Ungdomsupplopp och ungdomspolitik i efterkrigstidens Stockholm (Stockholm: Stockholmia förlag 2019). 340 s.
2021 (Swedish)In: Historisk Tidskrift, ISSN 0345-469X, E-ISSN 2002-4827, Vol. 141, no 1, p. 156-158Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Svenska Historiska Föreningen, 2021
National Category
History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-442565 (URN)000635689700027 ()
Note

Title in Web of Science: The rowdy city: Youth riots and youth politics in postwar Stockholm

Available from: 2021-05-19 Created: 2021-05-19 Last updated: 2024-08-14Bibliographically approved
Franzén, M. (2017). Erica Righard, Magnus Johansson & Tapio Salonen (red.), Social transformations in Scandinavian cities. Nordic perspectives on urban marginalization and social sustainability: Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2015 [Review]. Sociologisk forskning, 54(3), 249-253
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Erica Righard, Magnus Johansson & Tapio Salonen (red.), Social transformations in Scandinavian cities. Nordic perspectives on urban marginalization and social sustainability: Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2015
2017 (English)In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 54, no 3, p. 249-253Article, book review (Refereed) Published
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-346766 (URN)000413109300008 ()
Available from: 2018-03-21 Created: 2018-03-21 Last updated: 2022-05-10Bibliographically approved
Hertting, N., Franzén, M. & Thörn, C. (2017). Essä: Stad till salu. Arkitektur: byggnad, interiör, plan, landskap, 2, 66-71
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Essä: Stad till salu
2017 (Swedish)In: Arkitektur: byggnad, interiör, plan, landskap, ISSN 0004-2021, Vol. 2, p. 66-71Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: , 2017
National Category
Architecture
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-347321 (URN)
Available from: 2018-03-28 Created: 2018-03-28 Last updated: 2025-02-24Bibliographically approved
Franzén, M. (2017). Modalities of public space: The case of Stureplan, Stockholm. In: Marta Smagacz-Poziemska, Krystof Frysztacki, Andrzej Bukowski (Ed.), Re-imagining the city. Municipality and urbanity today from a sociological perspective: (pp. 223-239). Krakow: Jagiellonian University Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Modalities of public space: The case of Stureplan, Stockholm
2017 (English)In: Re-imagining the city. Municipality and urbanity today from a sociological perspective / [ed] Marta Smagacz-Poziemska, Krystof Frysztacki, Andrzej Bukowski, Krakow: Jagiellonian University Press, 2017, p. 223-239Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

 The significance and appeal of this book lies in the fact that it  contains chapters which propose novel and innovative tools for analysis  of the city. What is especially crucial in this publication is the  highly transparent and comprehensive manner in which the authors have  presented the ways by which they conducted their explorations of the  metropolis. The very presence of such broad descriptions of research not  only increases their credibility, but, in many places, also makes this  volume a sort of manual delineating how to effectively carry out studies  of the city that meet the demands of modernity.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Krakow: Jagiellonian University Press, 2017
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-357344 (URN)978-83-233-4372-1 (ISBN)978-83-233-9748-9 (ISBN)
Available from: 2018-08-15 Created: 2018-08-15 Last updated: 2018-08-17Bibliographically approved
Franzén, M. (2016). Our kids: The American dream in crisis [Review]. Sociologisk forskning, 53(4), 463-466
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Our kids: The American dream in crisis
2016 (English)In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 53, no 4, p. 463-466Article, book review (Other academic) Published
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-316228 (URN)000391905900013 ()
Available from: 2017-02-27 Created: 2017-02-27 Last updated: 2022-05-10Bibliographically approved
Franzén, M. (2016). Social Spacetime [Review]. Sociologisk forskning, 53(2), 217-220
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Social Spacetime
2016 (English)In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 53, no 2, p. 217-220Article, book review (Other academic) Published
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-300666 (URN)000379377800011 ()
Available from: 2016-08-10 Created: 2016-08-10 Last updated: 2022-05-10Bibliographically approved
Franzén, M. (2015). Change they can't believe in: The Tea Party and reactionary politics in America [Review]. Sociologisk forskning, 52(2), 194-196
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Change they can't believe in: The Tea Party and reactionary politics in America
2015 (English)In: Sociologisk forskning, ISSN 0038-0342, E-ISSN 2002-066X, Vol. 52, no 2, p. 194-196Article, book review (Other academic) Published
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-261139 (URN)000358107800011 ()
Available from: 2015-08-31 Created: 2015-08-31 Last updated: 2022-05-10Bibliographically approved
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