Universities and the redevelopment politics of the neoliberal city

• Published in: Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 52; no. 14; pp. 2616 - 2632
• Main Author: Bose, Sayoni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Sage Publications, Ltd 01.11.2015; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Alliances; Case studies; Cities; College students; Colleges & universities; Efficiency; Entrepreneurship; Local politics; Neoliberalism; Persuasion; Politics; Race; Redevelopment; Resistance; Social classes; Urban development; Workplaces; United States > US; Ohio; redevelopment; politics; neoliberalism; universities; urban

This paper concentrates on universities as important actants in the neoliberal city, specifically through their engagement of development activities. The paper visualises universities as an entrepreneurial subject: a neoliberal institution which adopts the responsibility to redevelop. Towards that e...