City in sight : : Dutch dealings with urban change / / edited by Jan Willem Duyvendak, Frank Hendriks and Mies van Niekerk.

• Author: Nicis Institute.
• TeilnehmendeR: Duyvendak, Jan Willem,; Hendriks, Frank, 1966-; Niekerk, Mies van,; Nicis Institute.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : Manchester : : Amsterdam University Press ; Manchester University Press [distributor],, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: NICIS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

City in Sight presents recent scholarship on the various issues facing today's Dutch metropolitan areas, including immigration and the growing diversity among the urban population, urban restructuring and neighborhood renewal, shifts in urban governance, and the promotion of active citizenship. With its wealth of information and up-to-date research, this text will appeal to scholars of urban politics and social history from all over the globe.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Cities in Sight, Inside Cities: An Introduction / Duyvendak, Jan Willem / Hendriks, Frank / Niekerk, Mies van -- Part I. Urban Transformations and Local Settings -- 1. Post-Industrialization and Ethnocentrism in Contemporary Dutch Cities: The Effects of Job Opportunities and Residential Segregation / Waal, Jeroen van der / Burgers, Jack -- 2. Unraveling Neighborhood Effects: Evidence from Two European Welfare States / Musterd, Sako / Pinkster, Fenne M. -- 3. The Effects of State-Led Gentrification in the Netherlands / Graaf, Peter van der / Veldboer, Lex -- 4. Problematic Areas or Places of Fun? Ethnic Place Marketing in the Multicultural City of Rotterdam / Liempt, Ilse van / Veldboer, Lex -- Part II. Urban Citizenship and Civic Life -- 5. Local and Transnational Aspects of Citizenship: Political Practices and Identifications of Middleclass Migrants in Rotterdam / Bochove, Marianne van / Rušinovič, Katja / Engbersen, Godfried -- 6. A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action: Real-life Expressions of Vital Citizenship in City Neighborhoods / Wijdeven, Ted van de / Hendriks, Frank -- 7. Organize Liberal, Think Conservative: Citizenship in Light Communities / Hurenkamp, Menno -- 8. 'Control over the Remote Control', or How to Handle the 'Normal' World? The Policy and Practice of Community Care for People with Psychiatric or Intellectual Disabilities / Verplanke, Loes / Duyvendak, Jan Willem -- 9. Changing Urban Networks and Gossip: Moroccan Migrant Women's Networks in the Dutch Welfare State / Berg, Marguerite van den -- Part III. Urban Governance and Professional Politics -- 10. The Relationship Between Policy Governance and Front-line Governance / Tops, Pieter / Hartman, Casper -- 11. Between Ideals and Pragmatism: Practitioners Working with Immigrant Youth in Amsterdam and Berlin / Vermeulen, Floris / Plaggenborg, Tim -- 12. Explaining the Role of Civic Organizations in Neighborhood Co-production / Dekker, Karien / Torenvlied, Rene / Volker, Beate / Lelieveldt, Herman -- 13. The Amsterdam Office Space Tragedy: An Institutional Reflection on Balancing Office Space Development in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region / Janssen-Jansen, Leonie / Salet, Willem -- The Dutch Orange and the Big Apple: A Comparative Commentary / Mollenkopf, John -- References -- Notes on Contributors -- Index