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- Holgersen, Ståle, 1980-
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Economic crisis, (creative) destruction and the current urban condition
- 2015
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In: Antipode. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0066-4812 .- 1467-8330. ; 47:3, s. 689-707
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper investigates the contemporary economic crisis, and explores crisis theories developed by Marx and Marxists alongside discourses surrounding human geography and the urban condition. Two positions currently dominate Marxist crisis theory: realization/overproduction and Law of the Tendential Fall in the Rate of Profit. Within human geography, however, scholars rarely discuss crisis theory in and of itself, and when they do, they tend to rely solely on the realization/overproduction approach popularized by David Harvey. This paper argues that both approaches aid a conceptualization of the current crisis while deepening our understanding of changing urban policies and landscapes. This paper also claims—in contrast to Keynesians’ calls—that crises are “solved” by destruction and devaluation of capital, not an increase in effective demand. These debates, as of yet not thoroughly discussed in human geography, can provide us with new knowledge concerning the current crisis and contemporary urban policies.
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- Holgersen, Ståle, 1980-, et al.
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“Green fix” as crisis management. or, in which world is malmö the world's greenest city?
- 2015
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In: Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0435-3684 .- 1468-0467. ; 97:4, s. 275-290
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- As economic and ecological crises evolve in combination, some policy strategies might aim at killing the two birds with one stone. One recent example can be found in Malmo, Sweden, where crisis management has operated, we propose, as a green fix. The district of Vastra hamnen (Western Harbour) is at the centre of the reinvention of the city: once the home of a world-leading shipyard, it is now a no less prominent neighbourhood of ecological virtues. Through outlining the history of Malmo in general and the Western Harbour in particular, we identify how the municipality and local capital in concert increasingly used "green" strategies in the urban policies that started as crisis management in the 1990s. Today Malmo is reckoned to be among the world's greenest cities, and we reflect on the importance of this international recognition for the city. Finally, we develop a critique of the green fix as concealing crucial factors of scale, and hence running the risk of myopia.
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- Jönsson, Erik, 1983-, et al.
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Spectacular, realisable and ‘everyday’ : Exploring the particularities of sustainable planning in Malmö
- 2017
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In: City. - : Routledge. - 1360-4813 .- 1470-3629. ; 21:3-4, s. 253-270
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- ‘Sustainability’, often presented through an ecological–economic–social triad, is today one of spatial planning’s absolute key concepts (and key priorities). But it is also a highly contested concept, whose meaning is often considered evasive or vague. In this paper, we try to counterweigh such evasiveness by putting emphasis on the material landscape produced within a project that is frequently depicted as a pinnacle of sustainable planning: the Western Harbour in Malmö, Sweden. Regardless of how vague discursive definitions of sustainability are, we argue that there is a sense in which planning projects such as this one help stabilise the meaning of the concept. They become material manifestations of particular takes on sustainability. Through examining what has emerged as former shipyards and factory grounds have since 2001 been transformed within the Western Harbour, we develop a heuristic triad that highlights what is presented as sustainability therein. We argue that through the Western Harbour’s development, sustainable planning becomes ‘spectacular’ through a focus on building sustainably in a way that also attracts public attention. It becomes regarded as ‘realisable’ in that it should be achievable within current political and political–economic structures. And sustainable planning becomes about the ‘everyday’ in that technological solutions for greening inhabitants’ everyday lives are developed in a way that emphasises the local scale.
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- Holgersen, Ståle, 1980-, et al.
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13 myter om bostadsfrågan
- 2016
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Book (other academic/artistic)abstract
- I tretton kapitel utmanas rådande problemformuleringar om vad som utgör hindren för att skapa en mer tillgänglig bostadsmarknad och rimligare boendesituation åt alla. Är ökad marknadsekonomi lösningen på bostadsbristen? Måste vi sänka kvalitetskraven för att alla ska få tak över huvudet? Hur hänger bostadsfrågan och frågan om integration och segregation ihop? Är gentrifiering en naturlig förändring av staden? Rådande "sanningar" om fler avregleringar, lägre skatter och ökad marknadsfrihet har kommit att stå i vägen för nytänkande. Det behövs fler röster i debatten. 13 myter om bostadsfrågan ger alternativa tolkningar som kan föra in nya perspektiv på bostadskrisen. Boken ges ut av Förlag Dokument Press, med illustrationer av Sara Granér.
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- Holgersen, Ståle, 1980-
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Staden och kapitalet : Malmö i krisernas tid
- 2017
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Book (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Städer förändras av kriser och vi lever i en krisernas tid. Ekonomisk och social turbulens i stor skala och globala miljö- och klimatproblem kommer att påverka städernas manöverutrymme på både kort och långt sikt. I Malmö fortsätter man emellertid bygga som om också framtiden kommer att handla om shopping, turism, kongresser och oupphörligt stigande bostadspriser. Den nyliberala agendan ligger kort sagt fast. Tanken är att man genom att attrahera entrepenörer och kapital ska få pengar att sippra ner genom inkomstskikten och gynna alla stadens invånare. Men i själva verket har arbetslöshet och fattigdom bara fortsatt växa i skuggan av skrytbyggena Turning Torso och Malmö Live.Ståle Holgersens Staden och kapitalet stiger ned i Malmös sociala och ekonomiska historia sedan mitten på artonhundratalet och närgranskar fenomen som tillväxt, segregation, polarisering och nyliberal politik i ett marxistiskt perspektiv. Vilken verklighet döljer sig under dessa? Och hur ekologiskt hållbar är egentligen staden trots alla vackra ord om hållbarhet? Boken gör ekonomisk teori lättillgänglig och tankeväckande och stadshistoria politiskt relevant. Men den pekar också framåt i det stora och det lilla och ställer den viktiga frågan hur våra städer bäst ska kunna hantera nuvarande och kommande kriser.
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- Holgersen, Ståle, 1980-
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Stoppa projektism! En essä om klass, stad och politik
- 2018
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Segregation, fattigdom, och arbetslöshet är reella problem i svenska städer som inte verkar vilja försvinna av sig självt. Därför kommer politikerna med ständigt nya förslag till hur detta ska förändras; gärna i form av ett innovativt och nytänkande projekt som backas upp av ”ny forskning” eller sista trenden inom offentlig förvaltning. När det ena projektet är slut, börjar nästa. Det finns en tydlig distinktion i dagens stadspolitik: medan rika människor, företag och kapital attraheras genom en kontinuerlig politik, ska fattiga människor och utsatta områden hjälpas genom olika ”projekt”. Denna essä vill diskutera detta i relation till stadspolitikens klasskaraktär.
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- Holgersen, Ståle, 1980-, et al.
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Beyond a liberal critique of 'trickle-down' : urban planning in the city of Malmö
- 2016
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In: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0309-1317 .- 1468-2427. ; 40:6, s. 1170-1185
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article scrutinizes the much used, but less examined, concept of ‘trickle down' in an urban setting. We make a distinction between the production of and distribution in the city, and argue that trickle down in contemporary urban policy could be regarded as the liberal link between production and distribution. Based on interviews with key figures and document analyses, we look at the transformation of the Swedish city of Malmö from an industrial to a post-industrial city, where, during the last two decades, we have found three concurrent components: the ideology of trickle down; several urban policy programs and governmental policies to ‘make' money and resources trickle down; as well as increased economic polarization and segregation. A liberal critique of trickle down would argue that market mechanisms cannot by themselves solve distribution, and that government policies therefore are needed. We argue for the need to go beyond a liberal critique of trickle down and stress how unequal distribution is built into the unequal production of the city.
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