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Paradoxes Of Segregation - Housing Systems, Welfare Regimes And Ethnic Residential Change In Southern European Cities

by Sonia Arbaci

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 <p>Through an international comparative research, this unique book examines ethnic residential segregation patterns in relation to the wider society and mechanisms of social division of space in Western European regions.</p> <ul> <li>Focuses on eight Southern European cities, develops new metaphors and furthers the theorisation/conceptualisation of segregation in Europe</li> <li>Re-centres the segregation debate on the causes of marginalisation and inequality, and the role of the state in these processes</li> <li>A pioneering analysis of which and how systemic mechanisms, contextual conditions, processes and changes drive patterns of ethnic segregation and forms of socio-ethnic differentiation</li> <li>Develops an innovative inter-disciplinary approach which explores ethnic patterns in relation to European welfare regimes, housing systems, immigration waves, and labour systems</li> </ul>
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Cities And Social Movements - Immigrant Rights Activism In The Us, France, And The Netherlands, 1970-2015

by Justus Uitermark e Walter J. Nicholls

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 Through historical and comparative research on the immigrant rights movements of the United States, France and the Netherlands, Cities and Social Movements examines how small resistances against restrictive immigration policies do or don t develop into large and sustained mobilizations. Presents a comprehensive, comparative analysis of immigrant rights politics in three countries over a period of five decades, providing vivid accounts of the processes through which immigrants activists challenged or confirmed the status quo Theorizes movements from the bottom-up, presenting an urban grassroots account in order to identify how movement networks emerge or fall apart Provides a unique contribution by examining how geography is implicated in the evolution of social movements, discovering how and why the networks constituting movements grow by tracing where they develop Demonstrates how efforts to enforce national borders trigger countless resistances and shows how some environments provide the relational opportunities to nurture these small resistances into sustained mobilizations Written to appeal to a broad audience of students, scholars, policy makers, and activists, without sacrificing theoretical rigor
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Cities And Social Movements - Immigrant Rights Activism In The Us, France, And The Netherlands, 1970-2015

by Justus Uitermark e Walter J. Nicholls

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 Through historical and comparative research on the immigrant rights movements of the United States, France and the Netherlands, Cities and Social Movements examines how small resistances against restrictive immigration policies do or don t develop into large and sustained mobilizations.
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Cities And Social Movements - Immigrant Rights Activism In The Us, France, And The Netherlands, 1970-2015

by Justus Uitermark e Walter J. Nicholls

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 Through historical and comparative research on the immigrant rights movements of the United States, France and the Netherlands, Cities and Social Movements examines how small resistances against restrictive immigration policies do or don t develop into large and sustained mobilizations.
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From World City To The World In One City - Liverpool Through Malay Lives

by Tim Bunnell

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 Tim Bunnell's book featured in the movie Pulang - the author has recently spoken in several interviews and programmes about how his fascination with the tales of Malay seamen in the UK led to writing this volume: #Showbiz: Sailing into a sea of heartwarming tales | New ...Coming home at last - thesundaily.myhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiFWYHLz5okFrom World City to the World in One City examines changing geographies of Liverpool through and across the lives of Malay seamen who arrived in the city during its final years as a major imperial port. Draws upon life histories and memories of people who met at the Malay Club in Liverpool until its closure in 2007, to examine changing urban sites and landscapes as well as the city s historically shifting constitutive connections In considering the historical presence of Malay seamen in Liverpool, draws attention to a group which has previously received only passing mention in historical and geographical studies of both that city, and of multi-ethnic Britain more widely Demonstrates that Liverpool-based Malay men sustained social connections with Southeast Asia long before scholars began to use terms such as globalization or transnationalism Based on a diverse range of empirical data, including interviews with members of the Malay Club in Liverpool and interviews in Southeast Asia, as well as archival and secondary sources Accessibly-written for non-academic audiences interested in the history and urban social geography of Liverpool
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Urban Land Rent - Singapore As A Property State

by Anne Haila

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 This book develops an original theory of urban land rent with important implications for urban studies and urban theory. It analyzes land, rent theory, and the modern city, using Singapore as a case study. It examines the question of land from a variety of perspectives and incorporates discussion of the modern real estate market.
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Globalised Minds, Roots In The City - Urban Upper-Middle Classes In Europe

by Alberta Andreotti, Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes e Patrick Le Gal S

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 Globalised Minds, Roots in the City utilises empirical evidence from four European cities to explore the role of urban upper middle classes in the transformations experienced by contemporary European societies. Presents new empirical evidence collected through an original comparative research about professionals and managers in four European cities in three countries Features an innovative combination of approaches, methods, and techniques in its analyses of European post-national societies Reveals how segments of Europe s urban population are adopting exit or partial exit strategies in respect to the nation state Utilises approaches from classic urban sociology, globalization and mobility studies, and spatial class analysis Includes in depth interviews, social networking techniques, and classic questions of political representation and values
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Confronting Suburbanization - Urban Decentralization In Postsocialist Central And Eastern Europe

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 This fascinating book explains the processes of suburbanization in the context of post-socialist societies transitioning from one system of socio-spatial order to another. Case studies of seven Central and Eastern Europe city regions illuminate growth patterns and key conditions for the emergence of sprawl.
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Urban Land Rent - Singapore As A Property State

by Anne Haila

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 This book develops an original theory of urban land rent with important implications for urban studies and urban theory. It analyzes land, rent theory, and the modern city, using Singapore as a case study. It examines the question of land from a variety of perspectives and incorporates discussion of the modern real estate market.
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Cities In Relations - Trajectories Of Urban Development In Hanoi And Ouagadougou

by Ola S Derstr M

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 Cities in Relations advances a novel way of thinking about urban transformation by focusing on transnational relations in the least developed countries.
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Contesting The Indian City - Global Visions And The Politics Of The Local

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 Contesting the Indian City features a collection of cutting-edge empirical studies that offer insights into issues of politics, equity, and space relating to urban development in modern India.
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Globalised Minds, Roots In The City - Urban Upper-Middle Classes In Europe

by Alberta Andreotti, Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes e Patrick Le Gales

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 Globalised Minds, Roots in the City utilises empirical evidence from four European cities to explore the role of urban upper middle classes in the transformations experienced by contemporary European societies.
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Cities In Relations - Trajectories Of Urban Development In Hanoi And Ouagadougou

by Ola (University Of Neuchatel, Switzerland) Soderstrom

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 Cities in Relations advances a novel way of thinking about urban transformation by focusing on transnational relations in the least developed countries.
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Cities In Relations - Trajectories Of Urban Development In Hanoi And Ouagadougou

by Ola (University Of Neuchatel, Switzerland) Soderstrom

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 Cities in Relations advances a novel way of thinking about urban transformation by focusing on transnational relations in the least developed countries.
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Contesting The Indian City - Global Visions And The Politics Of The Local

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 Contesting the Indian City features a collection of cutting-edge empirical studies that offer insights into issues of politics, equity, and space relating to urban development in modern India.
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Creative Capital Of Cities - Interactive Knowledge Creation And The Urbanization Economies Of Innovation

by Stefan Kr Tke

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 The Creative Capital of Cities challenges the new urban growth concepts of creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective. The author presents both technological creativity in knowledge-intensive industries and artistical creativity in the cultural economy sector in the analysis of the 'creative capital of cities'.
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Subprime Cities - The Political Economy Of Mortgage Markets

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 Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into what is happening in today's mortgage market including the causes, effects, and aftermath of the 'subprime' mortgage crisis.
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Iron Curtains - Gates, Suburbs And Privatization Of Space In The Post-Socialist City

by Sonia A. Hirt

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 Iron Curtains has been awarded Honorable Mention for the 2013 ASEEES Harvard Davis Center Book Prize! The prize is sponsored by Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and is awarded annually by the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, for an outstanding monograph published on Russia, Eurasia, or Eastern Europe in anthropology, political science, sociology, or geography. Utilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, Iron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs, and Privatization of Space in the Post-socialist City explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe. Features original data, illustrations, and theory on the process of privatization of resources in societies undergoing fundamental socio-economic transformations, such as those in Eastern Europe Represents the sole in-depth monograph on contemporary urbanism in Southeast Europe Makes a broader statement on issues of urbanism in Europe and other parts of the world while highlighting the complex connections between cultures and cities
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Subprime Cities - The Political Economy Of Mortgage Markets

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 Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into what is happening in today's mortgage market including the causes, effects, and aftermath of the 'subprime' mortgage crisis.
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Locating Neoliberalism In East Asia - Neoliberalizing Spaces In Developmental States

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 Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations.
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Iron Curtains - Gates, Suburbs And Privatization Of Space In The Post-Socialist City

by Sonia A. (Virginia Tech, Usa) Hirt

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 Iron Curtains explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe.
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Place, Exclusion And Mortgage Markets

by Manuel B. Aalbers

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 * Provides an in-depth and interdisciplinary examination of mortgage market exclusion and the practice of redlining - a tacit agreement among lending institutions to delineate sections of cities into areas where no home mortgages are to be issued * Explores exclusion in mortgage markets across three different countries - the U.
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Worlding Cities - Asian Experiments And The Art Of Being Global

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 Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study.
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Networked Disease - Emerging Infections In The Global City

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 A collection of writings by leading experts and newer researchers on the SARS outbreak and its relation to infectious disease management in progressively global and urban societies. .
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