Marseille, city of the world
The internationalisation of a fragmented metropolis
par Nicolas MAISETTI
Summary
Against a backdrop of intensifying international competition, cities are vying with one another in their strategies to raise their profile and improve their appeal. Marseille is no exception to the rule. This book analyses the international policies that aim to promote a new image of Marseille, welcoming investors, tourists and organisers of cultural and sporting events.
What facets of Marseille are being promoted to project the city and its region beyond local and national borders? What links is the city forging with its foreign counterparts? How is the Region promoting its interests in Brussels and securing European funding? What is at stake in hosting a World Bank office in Marseille? What are the effects of bidding for an international event on the reshaping of urban powers?
The book provides answers to these questions and analyses the conditions under which the internationalisation of Marseille, a fragmented metropolis, is possible.
Author
Nicolas Maisetti is director of the Transitions programme at the Plateforme d'observation des projets et stratégies urbaines (POPSU) - a platform for the observation of urban projects and strategies. Read the Weka interview
Contents
Foreword, André Donzel
Prologue
Chapter 1: Myths and pseudo-history of a world city
A city of stories
Immigration, an ambivalent resource for the internationalisation of Marseille
The port and its transformations, an observatory of Marseille's evolution in the global economy
The conditions under which an "object of expertise" is produced
Conclusion. The internationalisation of a city preceding international local public action
Chapter 2: Building transnational friendships and conquering international markets: decentralised cooperation policies
The organisation of decentralised cooperation within the region's local authorities
The International Council of the City of Marseille: cooperation without coordination
Decentralised cooperation against the State?
The Europeanisation of decentralised cooperation: a new window, a new space for action
Conclusion. Decentralised cooperation, from the transformation of foreign policy to the reshaping of urban governance
Chapter 3. Raising our voice and defending regional interests in Brussels: European policy and decentralised diplomacy in the PACA region
The ambivalent effects of the political narrative of the Mediterranean: the delicate conversion of belief into action
The strategic formalisation of decentralised diplomacy: public action standards and international networks
Scope and limits of the ambitions of decentralised diplomacy: the case of the integration of the city and the region into the Union for the Mediterranean
Faced with failure, should the PACA Region relaunch its decentralised diplomacy?
Conclusion. From the regionalisation of European policies to the Europeanisation of regional policies
Chapter 4. Promoting the region and breaking with its bad reputation: attractiveness policies
The dead ends of territorial marketing in Marseille
Initially, policies to decentralise public bodies
Attractiveness is not just about marketing". The trajectory of the World Bank's Marseille office
The creation of a "regional economic engineering platform"? Mediterranean Economic Week
Conclusion. A look back at Marseille's territorial attractiveness policies and the quest for international 'centrality
Chapter 5: Winning and managing territorial awards: the city internationalisation awards
Marseille-Provence 2013: the multi-scalar challenges of an economic and cultural operation
Urban governance and cultural operations: the injunction to "play collectively" and its limits
Aix-Marseille's application for the French Tech label: "competitive regulation of cooperation".
Governing through territorial labels and the internationalisation of cities
Conclusion. Territorial trophies, a resource for distinction in international city competition
Conclusion
Institutional struggles under the injunction to cooperate
Private-public regulation of the internationalisation of cities
The crises of the political narrative
Reviews and speeches
Social linksLectures, 2018, Margot Bergerand.
Seminar to present the book at LATTS - Techniques, Territories and Societies Laboratory, 21 June 2018.
Marsactu, " Culture talk with Nicolas Maisetti ", dailymotion, April 2018.
DestiMed, " Marseille: Nicolas Maisetti at the funicular for his book Marseille, a city of the world. The internationalisation of a fragmented metropolis ", February 2018.
Nicolas Maisetti, " Marseillology points to a singularity that is not a singularity at all "interview by Stéphanie Aubert and Simon Blin, Liberation, 29 March 2019.
" Nicolas Maisetti takes an absurd look at the way in which Marseilles is presented as a unique case in public discourse, whether by the media, politicians or the residents themselves.
Nicolas Maisetti, 2017, " The internationalisation of cities, between integrated public action and a new stage in urban production ", ActsHS "Pour mémoire", p. 36-39.
Nicolas Maisetti, 2016, " Guest Writer. Does the Mediterranean have a future for the post-Vauzelle region? ", Le Ravi, No. 145, November.
