The Globalized City: Economic Restructing and Social Polarization in European Cities (Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series)

This book explores the dynamics that have accompanied the implementation of large-scale Urban Development Projects (UDPs) in nine European cities within the European Union (EU). The principal aim is to show how the production of these new urban spaces is actually also part of the production of a new polity, a new economy, and new forms of living urban life that are not very promising for a socially harmonious and just future for metropolitan urban Europe. "This book explores the dynamics that have accompanied the implementation of large-scale Urban Development Projects (UDPs) in nine European cities within the European Union (EU). It contributes to the analysis of the relationship between urban restructuring and social exclusion/integration in the context of the emergence of the European-wide 'new' regimes of urban governance. These regimes reflect the reawakening of neo-liberal policy and the rise of a New Urban Policy favouring private investments and deregulation of property and labour markets. The book provides a panoramic view of urban change in some of Europe's greatest cities."--Jacket This text explores the dynamics that have accompanied the implementation of largescale Urban Development Projects (UDPs) in nine European cities within the European Union (EU). Edited By Frank Moulaert, Arantxa Rodríguez And Erik Swyngedouw. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.