Kazepov Cities of Europe

Changing Contexts, Local Arrangement and the Challenge to Urban Cohesion
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-69325-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Studies in Urban and Social Change

Cities of Europe is a unique combination of book and CD-ROMexamining the effects of recent socio-economic transformations onwestern European cities.
* * A unique combination of book and CD-ROM examining the effectsof recent socio-economic transformations on western Europeancities.
* Focuses on the interplay between segregation, social exclusionand governance issues in these cities.
* Takes a comparative approach by highlighting the specifics ofEuropean cities vis-à-vis other urban contexts and analysingthe intra-European differences.
* The CD-ROM features a series of 2,000 photographs fromseventeen cities (Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Berlin,Birmingham, Brussels, Bucharest, Helsinki, London, Milan, Naples,New York, Paris, Rotterdam, Tirana, Turin, and Utrecht).
* Also features 126 thematic maps, interviews with establishedscholars, and literature reviews.
* The book and the CD-ROM are linked through an extensivecross-referencing system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kazepov, Yuri

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents of the CD.
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Series Editors' Preface.
Foreword: Saskia Sassen.
Introducing European Cities.
1 Introduction: Cities of Europe: Changing Contexts, LocalArrangements, and the Challenge to Social Cohesion: YuriKazepov.
2 The European City: A Conceptual Framework and NormativeProject: Hartmut Häussermann and Anne Haila.
Part I The Changing Context of European Cities.
3 Urban Social Change: A Socio-Historical Framework of Analysis:Enzo Mingione.
4 Social Morphology and Governance in the New Metropolis: GuidoMartinotti.
5 Capitalism and the City: Globalization, Flexibility, andIndifference: Richard Sennett.
6 Urban Socio-Spatial Configurations and the Future of EuropeanCities: Christian Kesteloot.
Part II The Spatial Impact of Ongoing TransformationProcesses.
7 The Dynamics of Social Exclusion and Neighbourhood Decline:Welfare Regimes, Decommodification, Housing, and Urban Inequality:Alan Murie.
8 Social Exclusion, Segregation, and Neighborhood Effects: SakoMusterd and Wim Ostendorf.
9 Segregation and Housing Conditions of Immigrants in WesternEuropean Cities: Ronald van Kempen.
10 Gentrification of Old Neighborhoods and Social Integration inEurope: Patrick Simon.
Part III Social Exclusion, Governance, and Social Cohesion inEuropean Cities.
11 Elusive Urban Policies in Europe: Patrick Le Galès.
12 Changing Forms of Solidarity: Urban Development Programs inEurope: Jan Vranken.
13 Challenging the Family: The New Urban Poverty in SouthernEurope: Enrica Morlicchio.
14 Minimum Income Policies to Combat Poverty: Local Practicesand Social Justice in the "European Social Model":Marisol García.
Visual Paths Through Urban Europe (CD-Rom).
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yuri Kazepov is Professor of Urban Sociology and Compared Welfare Systems at the University of Urbino, Italy. Since the early 1990s, he has been involved as national partner or as coordinator in several EU funded projects on urban poverty and segregation, local social policy, welfare reforms and activation policy. He is also the secretary of RC21 Research Committee on Urban and Regional Development of the International Sociological Association.