<scp>NORMALIZING URBAN ENTREPRENEURIALISM THROUGH SLY DE?POLITICIZATION</scp>: City Centre Development in Gothenburg and Stockholm

Among a number of proposals regarding ‘late’ forms urban neoliberalism, it has recently been argued that entreprenurialism become ‘common sense’ or even ‘dull compulsion’. In this article, we contribute to discussion by exploring the structural conditions and local strategies for normalizing city-centre-oriented entrepreneurialism in Swedish context. doing so, return an important but sometimes overlooked aspect David Harvey's original concept: delicate act organizing across public private spheres polity. From perspective, making normal is far from Drawing on longitudinal case studies two different public-private partnerships related city centre development largest cities, highlight active use sly, cunning, de-politicization among elite actors. Our analysis leads more general claim should expect similar sly be necessary political contexts characterized relatively strong authorities, relation spaces topics interest many diverse