City in sight : Dutch dealings with urban change / edited by Jan Willem Duyvendak, Frank Hendriks and Mies van Niekerk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duyvendak, Jan Willem.

Contributor:

Duyvendak, Jan Willem, editor.

Hendriks, Frank, 1966- editor.

Niekerk, Mies van, editor.

Nicis Institute.

Series:

NICIS

NICIS publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Netherlands.

Cities and towns.

City planning--Netherlands.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2025.

Amsterdam : Manchester : Amsterdam University Press ; Manchester University Press [distributor], 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

City in Sight presents recent scholarship on the various issues facing today's Dutch metropolitan areas, including immigration and the growing diversity among the urban population, urban restructuring and neighborhood renewal, shifts in urban governance, and the promotion of active citizenship. With its wealth of information and up-to-date research, this text will appeal to scholars of urban politics and social history from all over the globe.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Cities in Sight, Inside Cities: An Introduction / Duyvendak, Jan Willem / Hendriks, Frank / Niekerk, Mies van

Part I. Urban Transformations and Local Settings

1. Post-Industrialization and Ethnocentrism in Contemporary Dutch Cities: The Effects of Job Opportunities and Residential Segregation / Waal, Jeroen van der / Burgers, Jack

2. Unraveling Neighborhood Effects: Evidence from Two European Welfare States / Musterd, Sako / Pinkster, Fenne M.

3. The Effects of State-Led Gentrification in the Netherlands / Graaf, Peter van der / Veldboer, Lex

4. Problematic Areas or Places of Fun? Ethnic Place Marketing in the Multicultural City of Rotterdam / Liempt, Ilse van / Veldboer, Lex

Part II. Urban Citizenship and Civic Life

5. Local and Transnational Aspects of Citizenship: Political Practices and Identifications of Middleclass Migrants in Rotterdam / Bochove, Marianne van / Rušinovič, Katja / Engbersen, Godfried

6. A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action: Real-life Expressions of Vital Citizenship in City Neighborhoods / Wijdeven, Ted van de / Hendriks, Frank

7. Organize Liberal, Think Conservative: Citizenship in Light Communities / Hurenkamp, Menno

8. 'Control over the Remote Control', or How to Handle the 'Normal' World? The Policy and Practice of Community Care for People with Psychiatric or Intellectual Disabilities / Verplanke, Loes / Duyvendak, Jan Willem

9. Changing Urban Networks and Gossip: Moroccan Migrant Women's Networks in the Dutch Welfare State / Berg, Marguerite van den

Part III. Urban Governance and Professional Politics

10. The Relationship Between Policy Governance and Front-line Governance / Tops, Pieter / Hartman, Casper

11. Between Ideals and Pragmatism: Practitioners Working with Immigrant Youth in Amsterdam and Berlin / Vermeulen, Floris / Plaggenborg, Tim

12. Explaining the Role of Civic Organizations in Neighborhood Co-production / Dekker, Karien / Torenvlied, Rene / Volker, Beate / Lelieveldt, Herman

13. The Amsterdam Office Space Tragedy: An Institutional Reflection on Balancing Office Space Development in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region / Janssen-Jansen, Leonie / Salet, Willem

The Dutch Orange and the Big Apple: A Comparative Commentary / Mollenkopf, John

References

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-003-69263-X

1-04-078758-4

1-282-45365-3

9786612453656

90-485-1121-6

9781003692638

OCLC:

607903954