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“Alive after five”: Constructing the neoliberal night in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Shaw, Robert

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Authors

Robert Shaw



Abstract

The development of the ‘night-time economy’ in the UK through the 1990s has been associated with neoliberal urban governance. Academics have, however, begun to question the use and the scope of the concept ‘neoliberalism’. In this paper, I identify two common approaches to studying neoliberalism, one exploring neoliberalism as a series of policy networks, the other exploring neoliberalism as the governance of subjectivities. I argue that to understand the urban night, we need to explore both these senses of ‘neoliberalism’. As a case study, I take the ‘Alive After Five’ project, organised by the Business Improvement District in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which sought to extend shopping hours in order to encourage more people to use the city at night. Drawing from Actor-Network-Theory, I explore the planning, the translation, and the practice of this new project. In doing so, I explore the on-going nature and influence of neoliberal policy on the urban night in the UK.

Citation

Shaw, R. (2015). “Alive after five”: Constructing the neoliberal night in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Urban Studies, 52(3), 456-470. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013504008

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Sep 24, 2013
Publication Date Feb 1, 2015
Deposit Date Feb 6, 2013
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Urban Studies
Print ISSN 0042-0980
Electronic ISSN 1360-063X
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 52
Issue 3
Pages 456-470
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013504008
Keywords Geography, Neoliberalism, Night-time economy, Urban governance, Western Europe.

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