Variations on a collaborative theme: Conservatism, pluralism, and place-based urban policy in Central Dandenong, Melbourne

《Variations on a collaborative theme: Conservatism, pluralism, and place-based urban policy in Central Dandenong, Melbourne》

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作者: Hayley Henderson;Helen Sullivan;Brendan Gleeson

来源: JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS,Vol.42,Issue1,P.125-142

语言: 英文

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作者单位: The Australian National University

摘要: Urban governance in Melbourne is a relative outlier compared to the recent experience of austerity politics in many European and North American cities, which has produced extreme programmatic reductions linked to deepening social crises, such as worsening health outcomes. Instead, the Australian experience post the global financial crisis (GFC) demonstrates the enduring normalization of fiscal conservatism and targeted social protectionism in the national political economy but also illustrates the power of urban contexts to generate policy positions and collaborative institutions in support of local conditions in this case study of cultural pluralism. The article brings a singular perspective to comparative international scholarship on austerity urbanism by illustrating how commitment to these principles in one Australian city center combined with the adoption of collaborative governance and attention to multiculturalism can forge a distinctive approach to urban revitalization.Additional informationAuthor informationHayley HendersonHayley Henderson is a Research Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University. Her research explores the formal and informal dynamics of governance practices for urban social policy.Helen SullivanHelen Sullivan is Professor of Public Policy and Director, Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. Her main research interests are new forms of state–society interactions including collaboration, public participation, and urban governance.Brendan GleesonBrendan Gleeson is Professor of Urban Policy Studies and Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at The University of Melbourne. His main research interests are urban political ecology, city governance, and urban social policy.FundingThis work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) under Grant (Ref: ES/L012898/1)—Collaborative Governance Under Austerity: An Eight-Case Comparative Study. The principal investigator is Professor Jonathan Davies of DeMontford University. See http://www.dmu.ac.uk/ESRCAusterity.