Making the Middle-class City - The Politics of Gentrifying Amsterdam

This book seeks to understand the urban transformation of Amsterdam over a 40-year period. In addition to charting social and economic changes associated with gentrification, it analyses the electoral dynamics and middle-class politics that have underpinned Amsterdam's change to a middle-class city.

Sommario

1. Introduction.- 2. Class, State and Urban Space.- 3. Social and Spatial Transformations.- 4. The Electoral Geography Of Amsterdam.- 5. Political and Institutional Transformations.- 6. Symbolic Politics within the Local State.- 7. Conclusion.

Info autore

Willem Boterman & Wouter van Gent are Urban and Political Geographers at the department of Geography, Planning, and International Development Studies at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Willem Boterman, Wouter van Gent
• Editore: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781137574947
• ISBN: 978-1-137-57494-7
• Pagine: 246
• Dimensioni: 148 mm x 18 mm x 210 mm
• Illustrazioni: XVII, 246 p.
• Serie: The Contemporary City
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche