SPACES OF WITHDRAWAL: Compassionate Cities without Citizens

IF 2.7 2区 经济学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY
Morten Nielsen
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Shortly after Denmark's 2019 national elections, ‘social mixing’ became a key housing policy and urban development strategy. Aiming to end a period of neoliberal speculation, the new Social Democratic government promoted egalitarianism, civic participation and a benevolent public administration. Despite the government touting social mix as a revitalizing force for Danish cities, global data suggest that spatial proximity does not necessarily reduce social distance, as interactions between different social groups are often limited. Concurrently, more urban residents are withdrawing from traditional participatory forms such as neighborhood associations and municipal institutions, which often fail to address their concerns and accommodate their schedules. This essay questions whether the Danish version of social mixing is indeed a panacea for robust welfare urbanism. For those urban residents who may not have the resources to embody and enact the participatory ideal suggested by a welfare society, withdrawal may come to constitute a viable and often pragmatic form of care through connectedness. Paradoxically, then, compassion for the city is here articulated through deliberate and concerted strategies of moving away from major urban collectivities.

撤退的空间:没有公民的富有同情心的城市
在丹麦2019年全国大选后不久,“社会混合”成为一项关键的住房政策和城市发展战略。为了结束新自由主义投机的时期,新的社会民主党政府提倡平等主义、公民参与和仁慈的公共管理。尽管政府将社会融合吹捧为丹麦城市的振兴力量,但全球数据表明,空间接近并不一定会减少社会距离,因为不同社会群体之间的互动往往有限。与此同时,越来越多的城市居民正在退出传统的参与形式,如邻里协会和市政机构,这些形式往往不能解决他们的关切,也不能适应他们的日程安排。这篇文章质疑丹麦版的社会混合是否真的是强大的福利城市主义的灵丹妙药。对于那些可能没有资源来体现和实施福利社会所建议的参与性理想的城市居民来说,通过联系,退出可能会构成一种可行的、通常是实用的护理形式。矛盾的是,对城市的同情在这里是通过深思熟虑和协调一致的策略来表达的,远离主要的城市集体。
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