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Record Nr.

UNINA9910677567703321

Titolo

Cities of Europe : changing contexts, local arrangements, and the challenge to urban cohesion / / edited by Yuri Kazepov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publ., 2005

ISBN

1-281-31201-0

9786611312015

1-4443-9949-7

0-470-69404-1

0-470-69325-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Studies in urban and social change

Altri autori (Persone)

KazepovYuri

Disciplina

307.76/094

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Europe, Western

Sociology, Urban - Europe, Western

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The European city : a conceptual framework and normative project / Hartmut Haussermann and Anne Haila -- Urban social change : a socio-historical framework of analysis / Enzo Mingione -- Social morphology and governance in the new metropolis / Guido Martinotti -- Capitalism and the city : globalisation, flexibility, and indifference / Richard Sennett -- Urban socio-spatial configurations and the future of European cities / Christian Kesteloot -- The dynamics of social exclusion and neighbourhood decline : welfare regimes, decommodification, housing, and urban inequality / Alan Murie -- Social exclusion, segregation, and neighbourhood effects / Sako Musterd and Wim Ostendorf -- Segregation and housing conditions of immigrants in western European cities / Ronald van Kempen -- Gentrification of old neighbourhoods and social integration in Europe / Patrick Simon -- Elusive urban policies in Europe / Patrick Le Gales -- Changing forms of solidarity : urban development programmes in Europe / Jan Vranken -- Challenging the family : the new urban poverty in southern Europe / Enrica Morlicchio -- Minimum income policies to combat poverty : local practices and social justice in the "European



social model" / Marisol Garcia.

Sommario/riassunto

Cities of Europe is a unique combination of book and CD-ROM examining the effects of recent socio-economic transformations on western European cities. A unique combination of book and CD-ROM examining the effects of recent socio-economic transformations on western European cities. Focuses on the interplay between segregation, social exclusion and governance issues in these cities. Takes a comparative approach by highlighting the specifics of European cities vis-à-vis other urban contexts and analysing the intra-European differences. The CD-ROM fea