Unequal Cities: The Challenge of Post-Industrial Transition in Times of Austerity

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Roberta Cucca Costanzo Ranci (Polytechnic of Milan, Italy)

Unequal Cities

The Challenge of Post-Industrial Transition in Times of Austerity

Roberta Cucca, Costanzo Ranci (Polytechnic of Milan, Italy)

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Routledge
12 December 2019

Urban communities; Sociology; Development economics; Human geography

This seminal edited collection examines the impact of austerity and economic crisis on European cities. Whilst on the one hand the struggle for competitiveness has induced many European cities to invest in economic performance and attractiveness, on the other, national expenditure cuts and dominant neo-liberal paradigms have led many to retrench public intervention aimed at preserving social protection and inclusion. The impact of these transformations on social and spatial inequalities – whether occupational structures, housing solutions or working conditions – as well as on urban policy addressing these issues is traced in this exemplary piece of comparative analysis grounded in original research.

Unequal Cities links existing theories and debates with newer discussions on the crisis to develop a typology of possible orientations of local government towards economic development and social cohesion. In the process, it describes the challenges and tensions facing six large European cities, representative of a variety of welfare regimes in Western Europe: Barcelona, Copenhagen, Lyon, Manchester, Milan, and Munich. It seeks to answer such key questions as:

What social groups are most affected by recent urban transformations and what are the social and spatial impacts?

What are the main institutional factors influencing how cities have dealt with the challenges facing them?

How have local political agendas articulated the issues and what influence is still exerted by national policy?

Grounded in an original urban policy analysis of the post-industrial city in Europe, the book will appeal to a wide range of social science researchers, Ph.D. and graduate students in urban studies, social policy, sociology, human geography, European studies and business studies, both in Europe and internationally.

Edited by: Roberta Cucca, Costanzo Ranci (Polytechnic of Milan, Italy)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367873288
ISBN 10: 0367873281
Pages: 284
Publication Date: 12 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roberta Cucca is Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna. Her main research interests are oriented to: economic competitiveness and social inequalities in contemporary cities; deliberative and participatory democracy; environmental crisis and social vulnerability Costanzo Ranci is Full Professor in Economic Sociology at the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy. He is Director of Social Policy Research Unit (LPS) and of the International PHD program in Urban Studies at the Polytechnic of Milan. He published extensively on social inequality and welfare policy