Explaining the consequences of Globalism discourse on the pattern of metropolise's territorial governance (Case Study: Tehran Metropolis)

Globalism discourse has been becoming a dominant discourse in many countries and has been influenced governance patterns in different spatial levels through state intermediation in recent years. According to this perspective, the primary aim of this article is to explain consequences of Globalism discourse on the pattern of territorial governance of Tehran metropolis. For the purpose of this article, Critical Discourse Analysis which is a qualitative method has been used for data analysis. Discourse analysis of national development plans shows that particular macro-economic structures and condition, especially decreasing economic growth coupled with increasing fiscal deficits, uprising inflation and expanding public expenditures has gradually forced State to shift form Developmental State discourse to Globalism State discourse through discursive articulation, discursive institutionalization and discursive operationalization processes during 1990-2014. According to Globalism discourse, State has gradually retreated from the provision of some public goods and transferred them to Tehran Municipality. Transfer of financial and administrative responsibilities from State to the Municipality has led it to rentier urban management model because of transferred financial constraints and lack of anti-rent urabn movements. Consequently, these processes intensify the Municipality’s territoriality and then, give emphasis to space and territory in the Municipality’s financial system. Territorial coding and territorial assemblage are two main instruments of the Municipality for territorialization strategies, for reaction to its increasing territoriality and for capturing more spatial territory. Existing cities in Tehran metropolitan area compete to capture more space in the same way, making it difficult to achieve a participatory management model of regional issues.