Policyfailing: The Case of Public Property Disposal in Washington, D.C.

摘要: Public homeless shelters are at the center of a strategy for neoliberal urban development in Washington, D.C. City-level policymakers have sought to sell public property developers who will convert sites into luxury condos and boutique hotels, but implementation this policy has not been smooth. To understand third-wave gentrification disposal, I argue that it is necessary pay attention interruptions, exceptions, stalled attempts policymaking, which call policyfailing. contend growing critical literature on mobilities mutations keenly positioned contribute research agenda about how policies fail take hold evenly across space time. Using under-examined subject disposal as an empirical vehicle, examine some institutional mechanisms, ideologies, mobilizations, regulatory practices through worked and, subsequently, different set forces created instances ultimately demonstrate concept policyfailing can help geographers governance its relationship uneven development.