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New Urbanism as Urban Political Development: Racial Geographies of 'Intercurrence' across Greater Seattle
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Abstract While New Urbanism is now subject to a range of theorizations from different perspectives and disciplinary approaches, it is rarely framed as part of a society’s overall political development. This article explores New Urbanism through recently 'cosmopolitanized' and 'urbanized' theories of American... view more
While New Urbanism is now subject to a range of theorizations from different perspectives and disciplinary approaches, it is rarely framed as part of a society’s overall political development. This article explores New Urbanism through recently 'cosmopolitanized' and 'urbanized' theories of American Political Development (APD). For many years, APD scholars like Skowronek and Orren have emphasized the conceptual importance of 'intercurrence,' which refers to the simultaneous operation of multiple political orders in specific places and thus to the tensions and abrasions between these orders as explanations for change. Urban scholars have engaged with these ideas for some time, particularly in studies of urban politics and policy regimes, but APD's influence on urban planning theory and practice remains underdeveloped. This article takes up this lacuna, applying select APD ideas, notably intercurrence, to understand how multi-scalar governments develop space though New Urbanist theories of place-making, with special attention paid to race. Examples from metropolitan Seattle are used to illustrate (if not fully elaborate) the article’s overall arguments and themes.... view less
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Free Keywords
APD; New Urbanism; Seattle; intercurrence; planning theory; race; sustainability; urban political development
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 417-428
Journal
Urban Planning, 5 (2020) 4
Issue topic
New Urbanism: From Exception to Norm - The Evolution of a Global Movement
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed