Rythmes urbains.

Promesses d'un concept en mouvement.

La ville ? « Ne pas essayer trop vite de trouver une définition de la ville ; c’est beaucoup trop gros, on a toutes les chances de se tromper ». Le rythme ? Comment réussir « à définir un seul et même signifiant qui véhicule tant de signifiés différents ? ». Et pourquoi chercher à le faire ? Paul Valéry lui-même a avoué (dans ses Cahiers) son échec à éclairer la double énigme du langage et de l’être. La [...]

La ville et les marchés : ce qui change au début du 21e siècle.

The argument of this text is that the late 20th century was a period of rising market influence and, more specifically, of the integration of urban production into global capitalism. First, big industrial or service firms relocated some of their activities to cities, which influenced their expectations of public policy. Then, big urban corporations whose activities had been largely restricted to their home countries, became international. Finally, this process was amplified by the emergence of the finance and consulting [...]

Ville et marché.

This article uses the notion of urban market actors as an organizing concept so as to systematically examine the rhythms, scope, and direction of urban change. It argues that an analysis based on the detailed characterization of urban market actors may contribute to understanding evolving state-market dynamics in European cities. This analytic choice shifts the usual point of view, empirically exploring the place of the market in urban policy transformations and making it possible to surmount some of the [...]