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Mooney, Gerry; McKee, Kim and Paton, Kirsteen
(2012).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00966.x
Abstract
Through a focus on “consumer-citizenship” this paper foregrounds the class practices inherent in urban regeneration. Using Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWGs) as an illustrative example of regeneration, it seeks to highlight the market-led processes that underpin state interventions. The paper demonstrates how these processes are implemented to transform “problem people, and problem places” (Damer 1989, From Moorepark to “Wine Alley”) into sites of “active” consumption and “responsible” citizenship. Yet, access to this “consumer citizenship” is stratified. In doing so, we synthesise conceptual insights from the Marxist-influenced gentrification literature and the Foucauldian-inspired housing renewal literature. We forward this to initiate further academic debate and empirical enquiry on the specific issue of mega sporting events.
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- Item ORO ID
- 30438
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 1467-8330
- Keywords
- urban regeneration; class; citizenship; consumption; Glasgow; Commonwealth Games
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) - Research Group
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Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC)
International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR)
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- © 2012 The Authors
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- Gerry Mooney