The Global City Debate Reconsidered: Economic Globalization in Contemporary Dutch Cities

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Jeroen van der Waal

The Global City Debate Reconsidered

Economic Globalization in Contemporary Dutch Cities

Jeroen van der Waal

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Routledge
01 December 2025

Interdisciplinary studies; Urban communities

The idea of the global city, which focuses on globalisation's impact on the social, financial, and political reality of cities in advanced economies, has become widely influential in the decades since its introduction-and yet the major issues in the global city debate remain unresolved. This book provides a systematic overview of the debate and competing theoretical notions, as well as an argument for the need to test the framework's empirical validity before the unresolved questions can be fruitfully addressed. By testing data from the Netherlands in the 1990s and 2000s, the author demonstrates the value of rigorous empirical scrutiny while offering fresh insights for the global city debate as a whole.

By: Jeroen van der Waal
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9781041188018
ISBN 10: 1041188013
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 01 December 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction, 2. The changing economic base of cities, 3. Advanced producer services and labour demand, 4. Foreign direct investment and immigration, 5. Immigration and unemployment, 6. Conclusions and discussion, Epilogue: The current financial crisis and its aftermath, Appendix A: Polarization and professionalization studies, Appendix B: Data & operationalization, Appendix C: The employment shares in manufacturing for each metropolitan area 1995-2007, Appendix D: Robustness checks Robustness checks on the findings in Table 3.1 Robustness checks on the findings in Table 3.3 Robustness checks on the findings in Table 5.1, Notes

Political and urban sociologist Jeroen van der Waal is Associate Professor of Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He primarily investigates the impact of globalisation on inequality, value orientations and voting behaviour in the west. For details, see: www.jeroenvanderwaal.com