Urban Segregation and the Welfare State : Inequality and Exclusion in Western Cities

Urban Segregation and the Welfare State examines ethnic and socio-economic segregation patterns, social polarisation, and social exclusion in major cities in the Western world. Contributors from across North America and Europe provide in-depth analysis of particular cities, ranging from Johannesburg, Chicago and Toronto to Amsterdam, Stockholm and Belfast. The authors highlight the social problems in and of cities, indicating differences between nation-states in terms of economic restructuring, migration, welfare state regimes and "ethnic history". Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures......Page 8 List of tables......Page 10 Notes on contributors......Page 12 Preface......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 15 Segregation, polarisation and social exclusion in metropolitan areas......Page 16 Social polarisation, economic restructuring and welfare state regimes......Page 30 Assimilation and exclusion in US cities: the treatment of African-Americans and immigrants......Page 43 Chicago: segregation and the new urban poverty......Page 60 The welfare state, economic restructuring and immigrant flows: impacts on socio-spatial segregation in Greater Toronto......Page 79 Exclusion and inclusion: segregation and deprivation in Belfast......Page 109 Segregation, exclusion and housing in the divided city......Page 125 The geography of deprivation in Brussels and local development strategies......Page 141 Ideologies, social exclusion and spatial segregation in Paris......Page 163 Social inequality, segregation and urban conflict: the case of Hamburg......Page 183 Segregation and social participation in a welfare state: the case of Amsterdam......Page 206 The divided city? Socio-economic changes in Stockholm metropolitan area, 1970 94......Page 221 (De)segregation and (dis)integration in South African metropolises......Page 238 Welfare state effects on inequality and segregation: concluding remarks......Page 253 References......Page 263 Index......Page 280 Segregation, social polarisation and social exclusion are central concepts in today's urban debates (Wilson 1987, Sassen 1991, Fainstein, Gordon and Harloe 1992, Massey and Denton 1993, Hamnett 1994a, Marcuse 1996, O'Loughlin and Friedrichs 1996). This book examines ethnic and socio-economic segregation patterns, social polarisation, and social exclusion in major cities in the Western world. Contributors from North America and Europe provide in-depth analysis of particular cities This book offers a uniquely international perspective on the central debates concerning the social composition of the city, the role of the welfare state, and the potential policy interventions by the state or local governments