Reconciling competitiveness with cohesion. Ambivalent realities in metropolitan settings.
TH Zürich, NSL
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TH Zürich, NSL
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CH
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Zürich
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0521-3625
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ZLB: 4-Zs 2586
BBR: Z 2513
IFL: I 4087
BBR: Z 2513
IFL: I 4087
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Der Beitrag über die Vereinbarkeit der auf europäischer Ebene propagierten Ziele des Ausbaus der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Aufrechterhaltung sozialer Kohäsion stützt sich auf Erfahrungen mit dem COST-Programm A26-Projekt "European city-regions in an age of multi-level governance - Reconciling competitiveness and cohesion". Er greift dabei einzelne Aspekte der Wirklichkeit des Zusammenhangs von Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und sozialem Zusammenhalt auf der lokalen Ebene heraus, zum Beispiel die Lebenssituation von Migranten in Athen, Istanbul, Wien. Der Beitrag berichtet von Erkenntnissen des Forschungsprojekts über die herausgehobene Rolle von Regionalpolitik und Stadtentwicklungspolitik für Interventionen in den Prozess der Globalisierung. Die Verschiedenheit der Sozialsysteme der europäischen Staaten, die unterschiedlichen politischen Kulturen der Länder und sozio-ökonomischen Bedingungen lassen verschiedene Lösungen auf der lokalen Ebene möglich aber auch notwendig werden.
Much emphasis is currently being placed on the economic competitiveness of cities and regions in Europe. No matter whether one looks at the actual discussion about the importance of the "creative classes" or into the importance of metropolitan regions as engines of success, there is always a major concern for the competitive aspects. The cohesion dimension comes as an add-on or afterthought, and is at best considered merely a precondition to prevent any hindrance to competition. Reconciling competitiveness with cohesion is a very complex venture, as can be shown with a range of evidence from across Europe. In contrast to dominant neo-liberal rhetoric that promises a positive outcome from higher competitiveness, there is no automatism, neither is there a king's road from competition to cohesion. The role of cities in this context is due to the downscaling of vital policy arenas becoming more prominent but also more difficult, as the ambivalent realities show. However, competitiveness today is not just about costs or creativity, but indeed about the ability to adjust and adapt to ever-changing circumstances in a pro-active way in order to create, in particular, sustainable futures, which would otherwise not come to be.
Much emphasis is currently being placed on the economic competitiveness of cities and regions in Europe. No matter whether one looks at the actual discussion about the importance of the "creative classes" or into the importance of metropolitan regions as engines of success, there is always a major concern for the competitive aspects. The cohesion dimension comes as an add-on or afterthought, and is at best considered merely a precondition to prevent any hindrance to competition. Reconciling competitiveness with cohesion is a very complex venture, as can be shown with a range of evidence from across Europe. In contrast to dominant neo-liberal rhetoric that promises a positive outcome from higher competitiveness, there is no automatism, neither is there a king's road from competition to cohesion. The role of cities in this context is due to the downscaling of vital policy arenas becoming more prominent but also more difficult, as the ambivalent realities show. However, competitiveness today is not just about costs or creativity, but indeed about the ability to adjust and adapt to ever-changing circumstances in a pro-active way in order to create, in particular, sustainable futures, which would otherwise not come to be.
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