Published: 2020-11-08

City as an entertainment machine” – the Terry Nichols Clark’s ideas of urban politics and development

Jerzy Bartkowski

Abstract

The topic of the article is a presentation of new theories of urban politics using an example of the theories of Terry Nichols Clark. The theories are a proof of formulating of new tendencies in local politics and development, as a consequences of new social basis of a city. These are emerging creative class as a new factor of the urban development. The last one is a function of ability to attract the creative class. This is dependent from the development of the urban amenities. There are also some consequences in the local politics due to the presence of the creative class. They are growing significance of the issue of the quality of the urban public space. There are conflicts about the control the pubic space in cities. In these conflicts there are growing role of the art in expression of new demands, a use of its informal form, and a use of artistic provocation for pressure on the authorities. One of the consequences of the new status of the art is that aesthetic sensivity has become a part of urban citizenship.

Keywords:

urban politics, urban development

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Bartkowski, J. (2020). City as an entertainment machine” – the Terry Nichols Clark’s ideas of urban politics and development. Studia Miejskie, 21, 117–133. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/sm/article/view/2542

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