Gebundenes Buch

Unequal Cities

The Challenge of Post-Industrial Transition in Times of Austerity

Herausgeber: Cucca, Roberta; Ranci, Costanzo

Beschreibung

This timely volume by a group of experienced researchers in the field of urban policy examines the impact of the global crisis on European cities' capacity to drive economic growth while maintaining social cohesion. With reference to six large European cities - Barcelona, Copenhagen, Lyon, Manchester, Milan, and Munich - the book seeks to develop a new understanding of social and spatial inequalities in the context of globalisation and austerity.

Autor

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781138919464
• ISBN-10: 1138919462
• Artikelnr.: 43673056