Making the Middle-class City
The Politics of Gentrifying Amsterdam
Published on 25. November 2022
Book
Hardback
XVII, 246 pages
978-1-137-57494-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book seeks to understand the urban transformation of Amsterdam over a 40-year period. In addition to charting social and economic changes associated with gentrification, it analyses the electoral dynamics and middle-class politics that have underpinned Amsterdam's change to a middle-class city.
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Series
Edition
2023 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XVII, 246 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-57494-7 (9781137574947)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-55493-2
Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
11/2022
Palgrave MacMillan
€128.39
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Persons
Willem Boterman & Wouter van Gent
are Urban and Political Geographers at the department of Geography, Planning, and International Development Studies at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Content
1. Introduction.- 2. Class, State and Urban Space.- 3. Social and Spatial Transformations.- 4. The Electoral Geography Of Amsterdam.- 5. Political and Institutional Transformations.- 6. Symbolic Politics within the Local State.- 7. Conclusion.