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Longhurst, Noel 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1630-0150, Avelino, Flor, Wittmayer, Julia, Weaver, Paul, Dumitru, Adina, Hielscher, Sabine, Cipolla, Carla, Afonso, Rita, Kunze, Iris and Elle, Morton
(2017)
Experimenting with alternative economies: Four emergent counter-narratives of urban economic development.
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 22.
69–74.
ISSN 1877-3435
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Abstract
Neoliberalism is a powerful narrative that has shaped processes of urban economic development across the globe. This paper reports on four nascent ‘new economic’ narratives which represent fundamentally different imaginaries of the urban economy. Experiments informed by these narratives challenge the dominant neoliberal logic in four key dimensions: What is the purpose of economic development? What are the preferred distributive mechanisms? Who governs the economy? What is the preferred form of economic organisation? The emergence of these experiments illustrates that cities are spaces where counter-narratives can emerge and circulate. Acknowledging the existence of these alternative visions opens up a wider set of possibilities for future urban transitions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2017 05:06 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2023 13:07 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64908 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.04.006 |
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