Fragmenting cities : the state, territorial stigmatization and urban marginality / Troels Schultz Larsen (Department of Social Sciences and Business) and Kristian Nagel Delica (Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, Denmark).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schultz Larsen, Troels, author.

Nagel Delica, Kristian, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Cities series (Edward Elgar Publishing)

Cities series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inner cities--Denmark.

Inner cities.

Discrimination--Law and legislation--Denmark.

Discrimination.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"Fragmenting Cities offers a conceptionally innovative and empirically detailed analysis of the surprising acceptance and normalization of state-based stigmatization and discrimination based on place. It does this by drawing on the example of first state-sanctioned definition of "ghetto", the controversial "ghetto list" produced by the Danish government. Troels Schultz Larsen and Kristian Nagel Delica introduce policy schizophrenia as a concept to describe instances where the state simultaneously stigmatizes people from the top while engaging in urban renewal at the bottom, deepening the fragmentation of the city. They develop a meticulously researched neo-Bourdieusian model of the state as nested fields, designed for empirical confrontation and comparative analysis. Through comprehensive socio-historical analysis, this book demonstrates how marked urban and political changes over the past four decades constituted a symbolic revolution, radically upending the fundamentals of not-for-profit housing. Investigating relationships that have been neglected in contemporary governance research, urban studies, and critical political geography, this book is an essential read for academics, researchers and students of human geography, sociology, urban studies, planning, and governance. Additionally, it is an accessible and innovative resource for policymakers in the field"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

1. Researching policy schizophrenia, the state, and the city

2. A neo-bourdieusian model of the state as nested fields geared for empirical confrontation and comparative research

3. The welfare state-city in crisis

4. The fragmentation of the policy-field of not-for-profit housing

5. The invention and institutionalization of the ghetto list

6. Parallel societies and the fragmentation of the city

7. The state of policy schizophrenia and the fragmenting city

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781789906943 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.