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Ordinary Urbanism—Neither Trap Nor Tableaux: A Response to Richard G Smith

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  • Mark Jayne

    (School of Environment and Development, The University of Manchester. Arthur Lewis Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, England)

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This paper responds to Richard G Smith's review of ordinary city writing which he describes as ‘a trap for progressive international urbanism’. I focus on questioning how and why Smith develops his ‘critique of a critique’. More specifically, I consider the ways that Smith defines the boundaries of both the ordinary cities literature and the world/global cities writing that he pits against each other. Discussing genealogy and influence I offer a more optimistic but not uncritical view of role of ordinary city thinking in advancing critical urbanism.

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  • Mark Jayne, 2013. "Ordinary Urbanism—Neither Trap Nor Tableaux: A Response to Richard G Smith," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 45(10), pages 2305-2313, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:45:y:2013:i:10:p:2305-2313
    DOI: 10.1068/a46135
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    1. Colin Mcfarlane, 2010. "The Comparative City: Knowledge, Learning, Urbanism," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(4), pages 725-742, December.
    2. Richard G. Smith & Marcus A. Doel, 2011. "Questioning the Theoretical Basis of Current Global‐City Research: Structures, Networks and Actor‐Networks," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(1), pages 24-39, January.
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