Unequal Cities

Roberta Cucca is Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna. Her main research interests are oriented to: economic competitiveness and social inequalities in contemporary cities; deliberative and participatory democracy; environmental crisis and social vulnerabilityCostanzo Ranci is Full Professor in Economic Sociology at the Polytechnic of Milan, Italy. He is Director of Social Policy Research Unit (LPS) and of the International PHD program in Urban Studies at the Polytechnic of Milan. He published extensively on social inequality and welfare policy

• 1. Introduction. European Cities Between Economic Competitiveness and Social Integration, (Roberta Cucca and Costanzo Ranci)1.1. The Crisis of the "European City Model"1.2. Disconnected Cities1.3. The role of Urban Policies1.4. Plan of the BookPart I: Urban Trends and Social Tensions: A Comparative View 2. Varieties of Post-Fordist Transitions and Labour Market Inequalities, (Roberta Cucca and Lara Maestripieri)2.1. Introduction2.2.The Socio-economic Structure of the Six Cities2.3. Patterns of Post-fordist Transitions2.4. Conclusive remarks3. The Forces of Attraction: Cities Between Flows and Places, (Agostino Petrillo) 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Foreign Direct Investment and Internationalisation 3.3. The Impact of the Crisis 3.4. Hard and Soft Factors 3.5. Highly Skilled Workers: Presence and Demand 3.6. Conclusions 4. The New Social Division of the Urban Space: Gentrification in Times of Economic Crisis, (Yvonne Franz and Rossana Torri)4.1. Introduction: Moving Beyond the Crisis in the Gentrification Debate4.2. Setting up the Framework4.3. Patterns of Gentrification in European Cities4.4. Final Considerations5. Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities: The Right Workers for the Wrong Jobs?, (Roberta Cucca and Nathalie Kakpo)5.1. Introduction5.2. Immigrants and their children in Barcelona, Copenhagen and Milan5.3. The rise of a middle-class ethnic minority in Lyon, Manchester and Munich5.4. Conclusions