Networked cities and steering states: Urban policy circulations and the reshaping of State–cities relationships in France

Vincent Béal, Renaud Epstein and Gilles Pinson

Environment and Planning C, 2018, vol. 36, issue 5, 796-815

Abstract: This article focuses on the circulation of urban policy “models†and its influence on the reshaping of relationships between State and cities in France. It suggests that the increasing mobility of practices and knowledge between cities cannot be explained solely by the intensification of horizontal exchanges involving city halls throughout Europe. It also relies on the restructuring of the State and the transformation of its intervention in urban policymaking processes. By considering the Programme National de Rénovation Urbaine and the Plan Ville Durable , the article highlights the emergence of a new model of State–cities relationships characterized by the tracking of local “exemplary†initiatives, and by their certification and diffusion by the central State itself. This new model of relationships allows the State to strengthen its capacity to steer urban policies at a distance, without actually challenging the rise in power of French cities.

Keywords: State–cities relationships; policy circulations; policy transfers; urban policies; new public management; steering state (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/2399654417750623

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