A reinvenção das cidades na virada de século: agentes, estratégias e escalas de ação política

Tomando como pano de fundo a globalizacao, o presente artigo procura mostrar que as mudancas impulsionadas por este fenomeno nao se restringem ao mundo economico, mas afetam a producao do espaco urbano e atingem diretamente a formulacao e legitimacao de paradigmas nas politicas urbanas. Diante dessa constatacao, procurou-se enfatizar a mutua dependencia entre os procedimentos materiais e simbolicos tomados aqui como estrategias de agentes envolvidos nos processos de reestruturacao urbana. A abordagem proposta enfatiza a articulacao entre os interesses globais e a formacao de um mercado mundial de cidades. Abstract Taking globalization as its starting point, the present article aims to show that the changes related to this phenomenon are not restricted to the economic world, but affect the production of urban space in a direct way, as well as the formulation and legitimacy of urbanism's paradigms. Considering this fact, the article emphasizes the reciprocal dependency between material and symbolic procedures, taken here as strategies of actors in the urban restructuring processes. The proposed approach emphasizes the articulation between global interests and the formation of a cities' world market. Resume Ayant comme decor la mondialisation, cet article essaye de montrer que les changements animes par ce phenomene ne sont pas restreints au monde economique, en effet ils concernent la production de l'espace urbain et atteingnent directement la formulation et la legitimation de paradigmes dans le domaine de l'urbanisme. Face a cette constatation, nous avons souligne la dependance reciproque entre les procedes materiels et symboliques consideres ici comme des strategies des agents impliques dans le processus de restructuration urbaine. L'approche proposee met en evidence l'articulation entre les interets mondiaux et la formation d'un marche mondial de villes.