Governance and sustainability in Glasgow: connecting symbolic capital and housing consumption to regeneration

McIntyre, Z. and McKee, K. (2008) Governance and sustainability in Glasgow: connecting symbolic capital and housing consumption to regeneration. Area, 40(4), pp. 481-490. (doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00814.x)

Abstract

To transcend a legacy of slum-living, paternalistic provision and urban decline, Glasgow City Council has endeavoured to transform the city's fortunes by a plethora of mechanisms that have at their core the establishment of sustainable communities. Framed within a policy discourse which emphasises 'cultural and social' as well as 'physical and economic' renaissance, the crux of the Council's strategy has been to stem the migratory tide of affluent households and to empower public sector housing tenants. Drawing on Rose's 'ethopolitics' we argue these developments in Glasgow reflect the wider emergence of technologies of governance in UK housing policy that seek to realign citizens' identities with norms of active, entrepreneurial consumption.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com
• Keywords: Glasgow, housing policy, regeneration, ethopolitics, symbolic capital, active citizenship
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: McKee, Dr Kimberly
• Authors: McIntyre, Z., and McKee, K.
• Subjects: H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races; H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General); H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
• Research Group: Human Geography
• Journal Name: Area
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
• ISSN: 0004-0894
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2008 Royal Geographical Society
• First Published: First published in Area 40(4):481-490
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

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