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Trans-urban Networks of Learning, Mega Events and Policy Tourism

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  • Ian R. Cook
  • Kevin Ward

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This paper argues for a rethinking of our understanding of what and where go into the ‘urban’ in the New Urban Politics (NUP). It contends that these issues have always been more complex, complicated and, most importantly, contested than has sometimes appeared to be the case in the literature. Using the example of one trans-urban policy learning network—that around the city of Manchester’s bids for the Olympic and Commonwealth Games—the paper makes the case for taking seriously the politics around comparison and referencing in making possible the NUP. It argues that there is a need to study the circuits, networks and webs in and through which urban knowledge and learning are constituted and moved around, and that often underpin the territorial outcomes that have been the traditional focus of scholars working on the NUP.

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  • Ian R. Cook & Kevin Ward, 2011. "Trans-urban Networks of Learning, Mega Events and Policy Tourism," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 48(12), pages 2519-2535, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:48:y:2011:i:12:p:2519-2535
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098011411941
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