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Informationen zum Autor Jan Willem Duyvendak is sociologist at the University of Amsterdam. He has written a number of books on recent social movements! and is the co-editor of AUP's new book series! Protest and Social Movement. "City in Sight" presents recent scholarship on the various issues facing today's Dutch metropolitan areas, including immigration and the growing diversity among the urban population, urban restructuring and neighborhood renewal, shifts in urban governance, and the promotion of active citizenship. With its wealth of information and up-to-date research, this text will appeal to scholars of urban politics and social history from all over the globe. Table of Contents - 6[-]Acknowledgements - 8[-]Cities in Sight, Inside Cities: An Introduction - 10[-]1. Post-Industrialization and Ethnocentrism in Contemporary Dutch Cities: The Effects of Job Opportunities and Residential Segregation - 26[-]2. Unraveling Neighborhood Effects: Evidence from Two European Welfare States - 42[-]3. The Effects of State-Led Gentrification in the Netherlands - 62[-]4. Problematic Areas or Places of Fun? Ethnic Place Marketing in the Multicultural City of Rotterdam - 82[-]5. Local and Transnational Aspects of Citizenship: Political Practices and Identifications of Middle-class Migrants in Rotterdam - 104[-]6. A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action: Real-life Expressions of Vital Citizenship in City Neighborhoods - 122[-]7. Organize Liberal, Think Conservative: Citizenship in Light Communities - 142[-]8. 'Control over the Remote Control', or How to Handle the 'Normal' World? The Policy and Practice of Community Care for People with Psychiatric or Intellectual Disabilities - 160[-]9. Changing Urban Networks and Gossip: Moroccan Migrant Women's Networks in the Dutch Welfare State - 174[-]10. The Relationship Between Policy Governance and Front-line Governance - 192[-]11. Between Ideals and Pragmatism: Practitioners Working with Immigrant Youth in Amsterdam and Berlin - 204[-]12. Explaining the Role of Civic Organizations in Neighborhood Co-production - 224[-]13. The Amsterdam Office Space Tragedy: An Institutional Reflection on Balancing Office Space Development in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region - 250[-]The Dutch Orange and the Big Apple: A Comparative Commentary - 268[-]References - 278[-]Notes on Contributors - 302[-]Index - 308 ...
