City of Crisis
The Multiple Contestation of Southern European Cities
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Beschreibung
The ongoing crisis in Europe has dramatic impact on the life in many Southern European cities. In this book, contributions from Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy provide an insight into the complex interference between the different aspects of the crisis.
The ongoing crisis in Europe has dramatic impact on the life in many Southern European cities: Unemployment, social deprivation, poverty, political instability, severe cuts in the welfare state budgets and a wide spread feeling of despair have eroded much of the social foundation of the cities.In this book, contributors from Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy provide an insight into the complex interference between the different aspects of the crisis. They show that the recent urban crisis is not purely a result of the budgetary problems of the nation state (»austerity urbanism«) but needs to be seen as multiple contestations. The Crisis of the City is therefore understood as a result of a changing nation state, cultural diversity, challenged urban planning and politics and a globalized economy.
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Frank Eckardt
Frank Eckardt (Prof. Dr.), geb. 1967, ist promovierter Politikwissenschaftler und Professor für sozialwissenschaftliche Stadtforschung an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
Themen in »City of Crisis«
City City Crisis Crisis Europe Europe Planning Planning Transformation Transformation Sociology Sociology Globalization Globalization Economy
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»Eine wichtige Bereicherung der stadtsoziologischen Debatte um die europäische Stadt.«
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Besprochen in:Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 11.02.2016, Matthias LemkeStadt und Raum, 1 (2016)
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»This book discovered [...] some new aspects of the theoretical discussion in urban sociology, which are interesting for European comparison studies.«
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