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来源

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH,Vol.41,Issue4,P.555-571

语言

英文

关键字

financialization; privatization; shrinkage; rightsizing; welfare reforms; neighbourhood; East Germany; URBAN REDEVELOPMENT; SECONDARY CIRCUIT; CRISIS; FINANCIALISATION; GOVERNANCE; RIGHTS; POLICY

作者单位

[Bernt, Matthias] Leibniz Inst Res Soc & Space IRS, Flakenstr 29-31, D-15537 Erkner, Germany. [Colini, Laura] Tesserae Gbr Urban Social Res, Grossbeerenstr 29, D-10965 Berlin, Germany. [Foerste, Daniel] IfS Inst Stadtforsch & Strukturpolit, Lutzowstr 93, D-10785 Berlin, Germany. Bernt, M (reprint author), Leibniz Inst Res Soc & Space IRS, Flakenstr 29-31, D-15537 Erkner, Germany. E-Mail: matthias.bernt@leibniz-irs.de; laura.colini@gmail.com; daniel.foerste@web.de

摘要

Using a mix of survey data, results from a study on local planning politics and fieldwork, this article discusses the interplay of planning and welfare policies with global financial markets in the making' of social segregation in Halle-Neustadt, a borough in the German city of Halle (Saale). Here, different developments come together. First, Halle-Neustadt has experienced two waves of privatization, leading to a complete change of ownership structures, marked by the rise of financial investors. Second, welfare cuts have put increasing pressure on welfare recipients to live in the cheapest housing available. This has led to the emergence of a Hartz IV business model' based on low, but state-subsidized, rents. Third, new planning policies have led to a massive drop in house prices, thus facilitating the use of leverage' strategies for financial investors. We expand on an already developed debate, providing new insights about relations between planning, state restructuring and financialization in a German context. We demonstrate that a broad array of changes in national regulatory settings, policy change in different sectors and local particularities can all be crucial in enabling financialization. We conclude that research should place greater emphasis on the state in providing explanations and take differences in context more seriously.