Re-stating the post-political: Depoliticization, social inequalities, and city-region growth
本文批判城市区域建设与后政治文献忽视国家作为社会关系和政治舞台的角色，通过分析谢菲尔德案例，探讨去政治化与新自由主义的关联，揭示经济治理、福利紧缩和社会不平等中的紧张关系。
This paper argues that city-region building debates and relatedly “post-political” literatures are missing critical perspectives on the state, particularly the state’s continued existence as a social relation and an arena for politics, its role in the regulation of uneven development and the conflicts and struggles that arise from this. The paper brings the state centrally into “post-political” debates via a critical analysis of the interrelationships between depoliticization and neoliberalism. Focusing on Sheffield (South Yorkshire, England) in the context of devolution and deal-making public policy, the paper explores the seemingly consensual vision-making dynamics of this city region and dissects the tensions around economic governance, welfare austerity and social inequalities to get a handle on the “post-political” depoliticized state in, and of, contemporary capitalism.