»Vom Ende der Stadt als staatlicher Veranstaltung«

Reformulierung städtischer Politikformen am Beispiel Berlins

Abstract

The focus of this article are the shifts in the political forms and expressions of urban politics due to a neoliberal restructuring. It is argued that these trends consist in a transition from a distribution-oriented to an entrepreneurial, globally oriented city. This is connected to a reformulation of city images and a discourse about deregulation, privatization and market-led policies. Even the atypical case of Berlin can serve as an example of this transition.