Smart Cities: Towards a New Citizenship Regime? A Discourse Analysis of the British Smart City Standard. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Joss, Simon; Cook, Matthew; Dayot, Youri
• Is Part Of: Journal of urban technology. Volume 24:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 29
• Page End: 49
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: Smart city -- citizenship -- standard -- urban policy -- urban planning; Cities and towns -- Periodicals; Cities and towns -- Effect of technological innovations on -- Periodicals; 303.483305
• DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2017.1336027
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1063-0732

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Growing practice interest in smart cities has led to calls for a less technology-oriented and more citizen-centric approach. In response, this article investigates the citizenship mode promulgated by the smart city standard of the British Standards Institution. The analysis uses the concept of citizenship regime and a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods to discern key discursive frames defining the smart city and the particular citizenship dimensions brought into play. The results confirm an explicit citizenship rationale guiding the smart city (standard), although this displays some substantive shortcomings and contradictions. The article concludes with recommendations for both further theory and practice development.