In the 21st century, Metropolitan areas have become the scale in which we understand the world, partly displacing the power of the Nation-States and local scales. Urbanization–which transcends political borders and will increasingly do so in the coming years– generates metropolitan events that require coordinated efforts for their effective treatment. This condition has been supported by a narrative that shields political decisions in “technical” motivations. The present thesis, however, reflects on the role of political processes in the configuration of entities in this process of re-scaling of power structures, overcoming the technical and post-political narratives that permeate the public debate. For this, the thesis presents and analyzes the main paradigms, contrasting them in three case studies: Bogotá (Colombia), Barcelona (Spain), and Montréal (Canada), based on the themes defined by Daniel Galland and John Harrison (2020): Institutions, public policies, spatial imaginaries, and forms of planning, as objects in which the incidence of political processes becomes evident. The clash between global and local rationalities calls for new governance models at a metropolitan scale, capable to respond to power transfer fluctuations in bureaucratized environments and to legitimize institutional arrangements of participation processes.
Nel 21 ° secolo, le aree metropolitane sono diventate la scala in cui comprendiamo il mondo, spostando in parte il potere degli Stati-nazione e delle scale locali. L'urbanizzazione - che trascende i confini politici e lo farà sempre di più nei prossimi anni - genera eventi metropolitani che richiedono sforzi coordinati per il loro trattamento efficace. Questa condizione è stata supportata da una narrativa che protegge le decisioni politiche in motivazioni "tecniche". La presente tesi, tuttavia, riflette sul ruolo dei processi politici nella configurazione delle entità in questo processo di ridimensionamento delle strutture di potere, superando le narrazioni tecniche e post-politiche che permeano il dibattito pubblico. Per questo, la tesi presenta e analizza i principali paradigmi, confrontandoli in tre casi studio: Bogotá (Colombia), Barcellona (Spagna) e Montréal (Canada), sulla base dei temi definiti da Daniel Galland e John Harrison (2020): Istituzioni, politiche pubbliche, immaginari spaziali e forme di pianificazione, come oggetti in cui diventa evidente l'incidenza dei processi politici. Lo scontro tra razionalità globale e locale richiede nuovi modelli di governance su scala metropolitana, capaci di rispondere alle fluttuazioni del trasferimento di potere negli ambienti burocratizzati e di legittimare gli assetti istituzionali dei processi di partecipazione.
Metropolitical. Discussing the role of political processes on metropolitan governance starting from the cases of Bogotà, Barcelona and Montreal
PERDOMO GUZMÁN, JOSE GABRIEL
2019/2020
Abstract
In the 21st century, Metropolitan areas have become the scale in which we understand the world, partly displacing the power of the Nation-States and local scales. Urbanization–which transcends political borders and will increasingly do so in the coming years– generates metropolitan events that require coordinated efforts for their effective treatment. This condition has been supported by a narrative that shields political decisions in “technical” motivations. The present thesis, however, reflects on the role of political processes in the configuration of entities in this process of re-scaling of power structures, overcoming the technical and post-political narratives that permeate the public debate. For this, the thesis presents and analyzes the main paradigms, contrasting them in three case studies: Bogotá (Colombia), Barcelona (Spain), and Montréal (Canada), based on the themes defined by Daniel Galland and John Harrison (2020): Institutions, public policies, spatial imaginaries, and forms of planning, as objects in which the incidence of political processes becomes evident. The clash between global and local rationalities calls for new governance models at a metropolitan scale, capable to respond to power transfer fluctuations in bureaucratized environments and to legitimize institutional arrangements of participation processes.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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