Contents

pp 5-6

Acknowledgements

pp 7-8

Cities in Sight, Inside Cities: An Introduction 9

pp 9-22

Part I - Urban Transformations and Local Settings

pp 23-24

1 - Post-Industrialization and Ethnocentrism in Contemporary Dutch Cities: The Effects of Job Opportunities and Residential Segregation

pp 25-40

2 - Unraveling Neighborhood Effects: Evidence from Two European Welfare States

pp 41-60

3 - The Effects of State-Led Gentrification in the Netherlands

pp 61-80

4 - Problematic Areas or Places of Fun? Ethnic Place Marketing in the Multicultural City of Rotterdam

pp 81-100

Part II - Urban Citizenship and Civic Life

pp 101-102

5 - Local and Transnational Aspects of Citizenship Political Practices and Identifications of Middle-class Migrants in Rotterdam

pp 103-120

6 - A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action: Real-life Expressions of Vital Citizenship in City Neighborhoods

pp 121-140

7 - Organize Liberal, Think Conservative: Citizenship in Light Communities

pp 141-158

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

pp 159-172

9 - Changing Urban Networks and Gossip: Moroccan Migrant Women’s Networks in the Dutch Welfare State

pp 173-188

Part III - Urban Governance and Professional Politics

pp 189-190

10 - The Relationship Between Policy Governance and Front-line Governance

pp 191-202

11 - Between Ideals and Pragmatism: Practitioners Working with Immigrant Youth in Amsterdam and Berlin

pp 203-222

12 - Explaining the Role of Civic Organizations in Neighborhood Co-production

pp 223-248

13 - The Amsterdam Office Space Tragedy: An Institutional Reflection on Balancing Office Space Development in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region

pp 249-266

The Dutch Orange and the Big Apple: A Comparative Commentary

pp 267-276

References

pp 277-300

Notes on Contributors

pp 301-306

Index

pp 307-309