This book critically examines ‘smart city’ discourse in terms of
governance initiatives, citizen participation and policies which place
emphasis on the ‘citizen’ as an active recipient and co-producer
of technological solutions to urban problems. The current hype around
smart cities and digital technologies has sparked debates in the
fields of citizenship, urban studies and planning surrounding the
rights and ethics of participation. It also sparked debates around the
forms of governance these technologies actively foster. This book
presents new socio-technological systems of governance that monitor
citizen power, trust-building strategies, and social capital. It calls
for new data economics and digital rights for a city founded on
normative ideals rather than neoliberal ones. It adopts a normative
approach arguing that a ‘reloaded’ smart city should foster
citizenship as a new set of civil and social rights and the
‘citizen’ as a subject vested with active and meaningful forms of
participation and political power. Ultimately, the book questions the
utility of the ‘smart city’ project for radical municipalism,
proposing a technological enough but more democratic city, an
‘intelligent city’ in fact. Offering useful contribution to smart
city initiatives for the protection of emerging digital citizenship
rights and socially accrued benefits, this book will draw the interest
of researchers, policymakers, and professionals in the fields of urban
studies, urban planning, urban geography, computing and technology
studies, urban politics and urban economics.
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Participation, Co-production, Governance
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ISBN
9780429798092
Publisert
2020
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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