ISBN:
9789048525409
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9048525403
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (156 pages)
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illustrations.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Waal, Jeroen van der, author Global city debate reconsidered
DDC:
307
Keywords:
Cities and towns Netherlands
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Gobalization Social aspects
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Netherlands
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Nederland
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Urban economics
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Cities and towns
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Gobalization Social aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Essays
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Cities and towns
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Urban economics
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Stedelijke economie
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Netherlands
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Nederland
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
2.2.1 The two clustering arguments in the global city theoretical framework2.2.2 The clustering argument in the global city debate; 2.3 Assessing employment growth in the advanced producer services; 2.4 What drives deindustrialization and growth in services?; 2.5 Conclusions; 3. Advanced producer services and labour demand; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Polarization, professionalization and mismatch; 3.2.1 The polarization thesis; 3.2.2 The professionalization thesis; 3.2.3 Polarization and professionalization in Dutch cities; 3.3 Assessing the impact of advanced producer services on labour demand.
Abstract:
3.4 A consumerist alternative: cultural amenities and the demand for low-skilled labour3.5 Disentangling a productivist and consumerist explanation for unemployment among less-educated urbanites; 3.6 Conclusions; 4. Foreign direct investment and immigration; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Immigration in the global city: theoretical framework; 4.3 Assessing the push and pull factors of the new immigration; 4.3.1 Assessing Dutch FDI as a push factor for immigration; 4.3.2 Assessing growth in the advanced producer services as a pull factor for immigration; 4.4 Conclusions; 5. Immigration and unemployment.
Abstract:
5.1 Introduction5.2 The substitution thesis; 5.2.1 The substitution thesis: theory and evidence; 5.2.2 The substitution thesis and the urban economy; 5.3 Assessing the substitution thesis on unemployment; 5.4 Conclusions; 6. Conclusions and discussion; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 After the unravelling: theoretical and empirical implications; 6.2.1 The changing economic base of cities; 6.2.2 Advanced producer services and labour demand; 6.2.3 The new international division of labour and immigration; 6.2.4 The impact of immigration on urban labour markets.
Abstract:
6.3 The new conceptual architecture reconsidered6.4 Globalization or neo-liberalization? On science versus politics; 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.
Abstract:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Reconsidering the global city debate; 1.2 Scrutinizing the global city debate: major issues; 1.2.1 The changing economic base of cities; 1.2.2 Advanced producer services and labour demand; 1.2.3 The new international division of labour and immigration; 1.3 Scrutinizing the global city debate: blind spot; 1.4 Research questions; 1.5 Research framework; 2. The changing economic base of cities; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Three scenarios on employment growth in the advanced producer services.
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