Exploring (De)politicization in policy-driven urban sustainability experiments: Insights from a case study in Amsterdam

IF 5.7 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Pub Date : 2025-02-15 DOI:10.1016/j.eist.2025.100969

Darren Sierhuis

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Abstract

Urban experimentation has gained traction with (supra-)national and local politics as a method for catalyzing change in urban systems and practices. Yet, with experiments becoming more commonly driven by established actors, concerns persist about their potential to sidestep political issues of power, exclusion and conflict fundamental to societal change. This paper seeks to unpack what exactly is at stake when the political is ignored or neutralized during an urban experiment. Using theories on the political as an analytical lens, the paper presents a case study of an urban experiment in Amsterdam, dissecting the ways in which (de)politicization operates in the experiment. The findings demonstrate that ignoring the political in urban experimentation risks excluding certain voices and options from being considered, which ultimately leads to stagnation. The paper concludes by outlining future challenges for research and practice that addresses (de)politicization in urban experiments.

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在政策驱动的城市可持续发展实验中探索（去）政治化：来自阿姆斯特丹案例研究的见解

城市实验作为一种促进城市系统和实践变化的方法，已经获得了（超）国家和地方政治的关注。然而，随着实验越来越多地由老牌行动者推动，人们仍然担心它们有可能回避对社会变革至关重要的权力、排斥和冲突等政治问题。本文试图揭示在城市实验中，当政治被忽视或中立时，究竟是什么处于危险之中。本文以政治理论为分析视角，介绍了阿姆斯特丹一个城市实验的案例研究，剖析了（去）政治化在实验中的运作方式。研究结果表明，忽视城市实验中的政治因素可能会将某些声音和选择排除在外，最终导致停滞不前。论文最后概述了未来在城市实验中解决（去）政治化问题的研究和实践所面临的挑战。

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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13.60

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56 days

期刊介绍： Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions serves as a platform for reporting studies on innovations and socio-economic transitions aimed at fostering an environmentally sustainable economy, thereby addressing structural resource scarcity and environmental challenges, particularly those associated with fossil energy use and climate change. The journal focuses on various forms of innovation, including technological, organizational, economic, institutional, and political, as well as economy-wide and sectoral changes in areas such as energy, transport, agriculture, and water management. It endeavors to tackle complex questions concerning social, economic, behavioral-psychological, and political barriers and opportunities, along with their intricate interactions. With a multidisciplinary approach and methodological openness, the journal welcomes contributions from a wide array of disciplines within the social, environmental, and innovation sciences.