The Global City Debate Reconsidered : : Economic Globalization in Contemporary Dutch Cities / / Jeroen Waal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: Waal, Jeroen,
• MitwirkendeR: van der Waal, Jeroen,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.) :; 9 halftones, 25 line drawings

The idea of the “global city,” which focuses on globalization’s impact on the social, financial, and political reality of cities in advanced economies, has become widely influential in the decades since its introduction—yet major issues remain unresolved. This book provides a systematic overview of the debate and competing theoretical notions, as well as an argument for the need to test the framework’s empirical validity before the unresolved questions can be fruitfully addressed. By testing data from the Netherlands in the 1990s and 2000s, the author demonstrates the value of rigorous empirical scrutiny while offering fresh insights for the global city debate as a whole.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath -- Appendix A. Polarization and professionalization studies -- Appendix B. Data & operationalization -- Appendix C. Employment shares in manufacturing for each metropolitan area 1995-2007 -- Appendix D. Robustness checks -- Literature -- Index