The Economies of Urban Diversity: Ruhr Area and Istanbul - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137346507 ISBN 13: 9781137346506

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Synopsis

The Economics of Urban Diversity explores ethnic and religious minorities in urban economies. In this exciting work, the contributors develop an integrative approach to urban diversity and economy by employing concepts from different studies and linking hi

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Review:

"This is a most welcome book exploring, expanding and deepening our understanding of contemporary urban complexities. Significantly, with a focus on two revealing sites, the editors have brought together a set of robust studies examining the confluence of historical trajectories, political economies, ethnicity dynamics, and transnational connections." Steven Vertovec, Director, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany

"We live in the 'urban century'. Cities are becoming hotspots of human activity. They do not develop into a uniform species, but exhibit an enormous variety in appearances, socio-economic constellations, history, population and politics. The Economies of Urban Diversity is a well documented book that maps out and highlights the above megatrends. Taking the Ruhr Area Istanbul nexus as an orientation point, it offers a great illustration of the socio-economic drivers and aspects of urban diversity in modern multi-cultural agglomerations." - Peter Nijkamp, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

"By problematising and historicising the concept of urban diversity, this pathbreaking volume throws incisive light on major economic and social issues affecting migrants in both Istanbul and the Ruhr Area. The transdisciplinary ethos of this book, where the varying perspectives and approaches of the contributors meet editorial excellence and eloquence, makes it stand out in current debates on the situation of ethnic minorities at a time when such impressive analytical intensity is needed." - Tom Slater, Reader in Urban Geography, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

About the Author:

Darja Reuschke is Lecturer of Geography in the School of Geography and Geosciences at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK.

Monika Salzbrunn is Full Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, and Director of the Institute for Social Sciences of Contemporary Religions (ISSRC) at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Korinna Schönhärl is Lecturer of History in the Department for Social and Economic History at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1137346507
• ISBN 13: 9781137346506
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 277
• Editor: Reuschke D., Salzbrunn M., Schönhärl K.