TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Interrogating the city: comparing locally distinct crisis discourses
JO  - Urban studies
A1  - Barbehön, Marlon
A1  - Münch, Sybille
SP  - 2072
EP  - 2086
VL  - 54
IS  - 9
N2  - There is a long tradition of debate about the crisis of cities or the crisis of local government in public, political and scholarly circles. The diagnosis of 'the urban crisis' often implies a homogeneous phenomenon with each city facing similar and unambiguous problems. However, we know little about local practices in constructing a city's crisis. Taking discourse analysis as a starting point, we propose an interpretive and comparative framework that investigates how 'the urban crisis' and 'the city' emerge interdependently with specific meanings in different socio-spatial contexts. By comparing the discourses of Frankfurt, Dortmund, Birmingham and Glasgow, we illustrate how in each city the meaning of crisis is constructed differently and how these constructions constitute the collective understanding of the particularities of these cities.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0042-0980
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098015613002
ID  - ref1
ER  -