1st Edition

The Global City Debate Reconsidered Economic Globalization in Contemporary Dutch Cities

By Jeroen van der Waal Copyright 2015
158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

The idea of the global city, which focuses on globalisation's impact on the social, financial, and political reality of cities in advanced economies, has become widely influential in the decades since its introduction-and yet the major issues in the global city debate remain unresolved. This book provides a systematic overview of the debate and competing theoretical notions, as well as an argument... Read more
Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction, 2. The changing economic base of cities, 3. Advanced producer services and labour demand, 4. Foreign direct investment and immigration, 5. Immigration and unemployment, 6. Conclusions and discussion, Epilogue: The current financial crisis and its aftermath, Appendix A: Polarization and professionalization studies, Appendix B: Data & operationalization, Appendix C: The employment shares in manufacturing for each metropolitan area 1995-2007, Appendix D: Robustness checks Robustness checks on the findings in Table 3.1 Robustness checks on the findings in Table 3.3 Robustness checks on the findings in Table 5.1, Notes

Biography

Political and urban sociologist Jeroen van der Waal is Associate Professor of Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He primarily investigates the impact of globalisation on inequality, value orientations and voting behaviour in the west. For details, see: www.jeroenvanderwaal.com