Athens (eBook, PDF)

A Rapidly Changing Metropolis in the European South
Redaktion: Maloutas, Thomas

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at the current trends in Athens, the capital city of Greece, and focuses on the processes of globalization it has been undergoing during the last two decades.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040270301
• Artikelnr.: 72283525

Autorenporträt

Thomas Maloutas is Researcher Emeritus at the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) and Professor Emeritus at Harokopio University of Athens. He formerly served as General Secretary for Research & Technology; Director of the Institute of Urban and Rural Sociology and President of the Board of EKKE; and Professor at the Department of Planning, University of Thessaly). His research and published work are mainly related to housing systems and segregation/gentrification processes, with a focus on contextual parameters associated with changing welfare regimes and urban social stratification in the era of capitalist globalization.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of maps
List of tables
List of contributors
Introduction: The transition from conservative protectionism to neoliberal
deregulation
Thomas Maloutas
Chapter 1: The economic role of Athens from different perspectives
Panagiotis Artelaris
Chapter 2: Occupational categories: changing social profiles and
distribution patterns in the city
Thomas Maloutas, Stavros N Spyrellis
Chapter 3: The class, gender and generational profile of the city's
electorate
Maro Pantelidou Maloutas, Panagiotis Koustenis
Chapter 4: Between coexistence and marginality: migrants and sociospatial
change in Athens
Giorgos Kandylis, Eva Papatzani, Iris Polyzou
Chapter 5: The transformations of the housing market
Nikos Karadimitriou
Chapter 6: Building Traditions. The politics of labor-intensive house
building in the postwar period
Konstantina Kalfa
Chapter 7: Urban heritage for the few: from Plaka neighbourhood to an
unsustainable historic urban preservation model
Christos-Georgios Kritikos
Index