Unequal Cities

The Challenge of Post-Industrial Transition in Times of Austerity
Herausgeber: Cucca, Roberta; Ranci, Costanzo

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Produktbeschreibung

This timely volume by a group of experienced researchers in the field of urban policy examines the impact of the global crisis on European cities' capacity to drive economic growth while maintaining social cohesion. With reference to six large European cities - Barcelona, Copenhagen, Lyon, Manchester, Milan, and Munich - the book seeks to develop a new understanding of social and spatial inequalities in the context of globalisation and austerity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781138919464
• ISBN-10: 1138919462
• Artikelnr.: 43673056

Autorenporträt

Roberta Cucca is Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna. Her main research interests are oriented to: economic competitiveness and social inequalities in contemporary cities; deliberative and participatory democracy; environmental crisis and social vulnerability Costanzo Ranci is Full Professor in Economic Sociology at the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy. He is Director of Social Policy Research Unit (LPS) and of the International PHD program in Urban Studies at the Polytechnic of Milan. He published extensively on social inequality and welfare policy

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. European Cities Between Economic Competitiveness and
Social Integration, (Roberta Cucca and Costanzo Ranci) 1.1. The Crisis of
the European City Model 1.2. Disconnected Cities 1.3. The role of Urban
Policies 1.4. Plan of the Book Part I: Urban Trends and Social Tensions: A
Comparative View 2. Varieties of Post-Fordist Transitions and Labour Market
Inequalities, (Roberta Cucca and Lara Maestripieri) 2.1. Introduction
2.2.The Socio-economic Structure of the Six Cities 2.3. Patterns of
Post-fordist Transitions 2.4. Conclusive remarks 3. The Forces of
Attraction: Cities Between Flows and Places, (Agostino Petrillo) 3.1.
Introduction 3.2. Foreign Direct Investment and Internationalisation 3.3.
The Impact of the Crisis 3.4. Hard and Soft Factors 3.5. Highly Skilled
Workers: Presence and Demand 3.6. Conclusions 4. The New Social Division of
the Urban Space: Gentrification in Times of Economic Crisis, (Yvonne Franz
and Rossana Torri) 4.1. Introduction: Moving Beyond the Crisis in the
Gentrification Debate 4.2. Setting up the Framework 4.3. Patterns of
Gentrification in European Cities 4.4. Final Considerations 5. Immigrants
and Ethnic Minorities: The Right Workers for the Wrong Jobs?, ( Roberta
Cucca and Nathalie Kakpo) 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Immigrants and their
children in Barcelona, Copenhagen and Milan 5.3. The rise of a middle-class
ethnic minority in Lyon, Manchester and Munich 5.4. Conclusions ?