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Overview

Mike Raco is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields of study, predominantly within Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their work addresses key issues relating to housing, finance, urban planning, governance, and political economy.

The main fields of study that frame their scholarly contributions include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these broad disciplines, Raco's focus touches on several subfields such as:

  • Finance
  • Urban Studies
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Strategy and Management

The topics most frequently explored in Raco's research involve:

  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Urban Planning and Governance
  • Political and Economic history of the UK and US
  • State Capitalism and Financial Governance
  • Urbanization and City Planning
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Healthcare innovation and challenges

Raco has published several recent papers, signaling ongoing engagement with contemporary issues in urban and economic studies. Recent publications include:

  • "Viability Planning, Value Capture and the Geographies of Market-Led Planning Reform in England" (2020) in Planning Theory & Practice
  • "State capitalism, capitalist statism: Sovereign wealth funds and the geopolitics of London's real estate market" (2022) in Environment and Planning A Economy and Space
  • "Towards a virtual statecraft: Housing targets and the governance of urban housing markets" (2022) in Progress in Planning
  • "Anticipating demand shocks: Patient capital and the supply of housing" (2022) in European Urban and Regional Studies
  • "Putting the crisis to work: The real estate sector and London's housing crisis" (2021) in Political Geography

Mike Raco frequently collaborates with a range of co-authors, with notable repeated partnerships including:

  • Frances Brill
  • Jessica Ferm
  • Callum Ward
  • Sonia Freire Trigo
  • Tuna Taşan-Kok

The venues in which Raco commonly publishes reflect their research interests and disciplinary affiliations. These include:

  • Planning Theory & Practice
  • European Urban and Regional Studies
  • Territory Politics Governance
  • Planning Perspectives
  • Environment and Planning A Economy and Space

In addition to journal articles, Raco has authored books published by Agenda Publishing eBooks and UCL Press. Titles include:

  • London (2022, Agenda Publishing eBooks, two editions)
  • Engaged Urban Pedagogy (2023, UCL Press)

Best Publications

  • Urban renaissance? : New Labour, community and urban policy

    Robert Imrie;Mike Raco

  • Sustainable Development, Rolled-out Neoliberalism and Sustainable Communities

    Mike Raco

  • Governmentality and rights and responsibilities in urban policy

    Mike Raco;Rob Imrie

  • Remaking Place and Securitising Space: Urban Regeneration and the Strategies, Tactics and Practices of Policing in the UK

    Mike Raco

  • Competition, Collaboration and the New Industrial Districts: Examining the Institutional Turn in Local Economic Development

    Mike Raco

  • How New is the New Local Governance? Lessons from the United Kingdom

    Rob Imrie;Mike Raco

  • Governmentality, subject-building, and the discourses and practices of devolution in the UK

    Mike Raco

  • From expectations to aspirations: State modernisation, urban policy, and the existential politics of welfare in the UK

    Mike Raco

  • Delivering Flagship Projects in an Era of Regulatory Capitalism: State-led Privatization and the London Olympics 2012

    Mike Raco

  • Assessing community participation in local economic development — lessons for the new urban policy

    Mike Raco

  • Regenerating London : governance, sustainability and community in a global city

    Robert Imrie;Loretta Lees;Mike Raco

  • Community and the changing nature of urban policy

    R. Imrie;M. Raco

  • Visibilities and Invisibilities in Urban Development: Small Business Communities and the London Olympics 2012

    Mike Raco;Emma Tunney

  • Communities, places and institutional relations: assessing the role of area-based community representation in local governance

    Mike Raco;John Flint

  • Securing Sustainable Communities Citizenship, Safety and Sustainability in the New Urban Planning

    Mike Raco

  • Resilience Planning, Economic Change and The Politics of Post-recession Development in London and Hong Kong

    Mike Raco;Emma Street

  • Assessing ‘Institutional Thickness’ in the Local Context: A Comparison of Cardiff and Sheffield

    M Raco

  • Assessing the discourses and practices of urban regeneration in a growing region

    Mike Raco

  • The future of sustainable cities : critical reflections

    John Flint;Mike Raco

  • Building Sustainable Communities: Spatial policy and labour mobility in post-war Britain

    Mike Raco

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Imrie
Rob Imrie King's College London
Loretta Lees
Loretta Lees University of Leicester
Nicholas A. Phelps
Nicholas A. Phelps University of Melbourne
David N. Lerner
David N. Lerner University of Sheffield
Ivan Turok
Ivan Turok University of the Free State
Peter Fisher
Peter Fisher University of Liverpool
Yehua Dennis Wei
Yehua Dennis Wei University of Utah
Paul Robbins
Paul Robbins University of Wisconsin–Madison
Angela M. Gurnell
Angela M. Gurnell Queen Mary University of London
Abir Al-Tabbaa
Abir Al-Tabbaa University of Cambridge

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