The paper aims to add to the debate on the varieties of neoliberalism and the homogenizing effects of megaproject-based urban development. It examines the acculturation of the growth imperative as the master discourse that supports the development and implementation of two projects aimed at transforming the centers of Tampere, Finland, and Łódź, Poland. The selected cities shared similar traits as industrial centers in the past, but their current socioeconomic situation is entirely different. Tampere holds the title of “Finland’s most likeable city,” while rapidly depopulating Łódź was labeled the “Polish Detroit.” Nevertheless, both municipalities became attracted by the idea of boosting their development through implementing large-scale infrastructural investments to reshape their centers. Inspired by discursive institutionalism, which defines discourse as a set of policy ideas and values, and interactive policy communication and formulation processes, the paper reconstructs and compares the strategic visions of Tampere’s “Five Star City Centre” and “The New Centre of Łódź.” It demonstrates how the proponents of the projects discursively forced consent around proposed ideas. Namely, it shows how the issues of complexity, risk, and potential conflict of the two megaprojects have been addressed. On a conceptual level, the paper shows how policy convergence can be discursively facilitated in different socioeconomic, cultural, and political circumstances.

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基于大型项目的城市发展的增长话语：波兰和芬兰的比较研究

本文旨在增加关于新自由主义的多样性和基于大型项目的城市发展的同质化效应的辩论。它考察了增长势在必行的文化适应，作为支持两个旨在改造芬兰坦佩雷和波兰罗兹中心的项目的开发和实施的主要话语。所选城市与过去的工业中心具有相似的特征，但它们当前的社会经济状况却完全不同。坦佩雷拥有“芬兰最可爱的城市”的称号，而人口迅速减少的罗兹则被称为“波兰底特律”。尽管如此，这两个城市都被通过实施大规模基础设施投资以重塑其中心来促进其发展的想法所吸引。受话语制度主义的启发，将话语定义为一组政策思想和价值观，以及互动的政策沟通和制定过程，本文重构并比较了坦佩雷“五星级城市中心”和“罗兹新中心”的战略愿景。它展示了项目的支持者如何在讨论中强制同意所提出的想法。即，它显示了如何解决这两个大型项目的复杂性、风险和潜在冲突问题。在概念层面上，本文展示了如何在不同的社会经济、文化和政治环境中以话语方式促进政策趋同。该论文重构并比较了坦佩雷“五星级城市中心”和“罗兹新中心”的战略愿景。它展示了项目的支持者如何在讨论中强制同意所提出的想法。即，它显示了如何解决这两个大型项目的复杂性、风险和潜在冲突问题。在概念层面上，本文展示了如何在不同的社会经济、文化和政治环境中以话语方式促进政策趋同。该论文重构并比较了坦佩雷“五星级城市中心”和“罗兹新中心”的战略愿景。它展示了项目的支持者如何在讨论中强制同意所提出的想法。即，它显示了如何解决这两个大型项目的复杂性、风险和潜在冲突问题。在概念层面上，本文展示了如何在不同的社会经济、文化和政治环境中以话语方式促进政策趋同。