FROM GLOBALIZING TAIPEI TO LEARNING AMSTERDAM: Referencing as a Politicizing Strategy for Urban Development in Taiwan

This article examines the transformation of urban referencing in Taipei City after democratization, using policy mobility theories and case study research methods to ‘follow policy changes’ over three decades. It argues that geopolitical considerations in the 1990s prompted Taipei to adopt the globa...

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Published inInternational journal of urban and regional research Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 111 - 125
Main Authors Chen, Yi‐Ling, Rietdijk, Chantalle Elisabeth
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.01.2025
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Affordability
affordable housing
Case studies
Democratization
Developmentalism
Discourse
Geopolitics
Global cities
global city
Housing policy
Mobility
Neoliberalism
Policy making
policy mobility
Politics
Property
Public housing
Research methodology
Research methods
social housing
Social justice
social movement
Transformation
Urban areas
Urban development
Urban policy
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Summary:This article examines the transformation of urban referencing in Taipei City after democratization, using policy mobility theories and case study research methods to ‘follow policy changes’ over three decades. It argues that geopolitical considerations in the 1990s prompted Taipei to adopt the global city discourse as a political strategy, subsequently leading to the implementation of neoliberal urban policies. These policies encouraged property‐led development and housing speculation, exacerbating housing affordability issues. Amidst these challenges, a progressive bottom‐up social housing movement emerged in 2010, drawing inspiration from the Dutch model. However, this process of policy mobility is selective, with Amsterdam serving more as an inspirational benchmark than a direct model for replication. Neoliberalism hinders both Dutch and Taiwanese social housing policies from achieving housing justice. This case study of Taiwan's post‐democratization urban development will also contribute to the literature on urban developmentalism.
Bibliography:The authors gratefully acknowledge valuable comments from Susan Fainstein, Jamie Peck, Arie van Wijngaarden, Kees Dignum, four IJURR reviewers and the writing group of the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research. We especially thank the late Jeroen van der Veer, vice director and senior policy advisor of the Amsterdamse Federatie van Woningcorporaties [Amsterdam Federation of Housing Corporations], for his unwavering support of Taiwan's social housing movement.
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ISSN:0309-1317
1468-2427
DOI:10.1111/1468-2427.13291