Global City Debate Reconsidered

Political and urban sociologist Jeroen van der Waal is Associate Professor of Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He primarily investigates the impact of globalisation on inequality, value orientations and voting behaviour in the west. For details, see: www.jeroenvanderwaal.com

• 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 current financial crisis and its aftermath, Appendix A: Polarization and professionalization studies, Appendix B: Data & operationalization, Appendix C: The employment shares in manufacturing for each metropolitan area 1995-2007, Appendix D: Robustness checks Robustness checks on the findings in Table 3.1 Robustness checks on the findings in Table 3.3 Robustness checks on the findings in Table 5.1, Notes