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Coming to Terms with Superdiversity : The Case of Rotterdam /

This open access book discusses Rotterdam as clear example of a superdiverse city that is only reluctantly coming to terms with this new reality. Rotterdam, as is true for many post-industrial cities, has seen a considerable backlash against migration and diversity: the populist party Leefbaar Rotte...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Scholten, Peter (Editor), Crul, Maurice (Editor), van de Laar, Paul (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:IMISCOE Research Series,
Subjects:
Emigration and immigration.
Municipal government.
Cities and towns-History.
Migration.
Urban Politics.
Urban History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction - Peter Scholten, Maurice Crul and Paul van de Laar
  • PART I: SUPERDIVERSITY IN ROTTERDAM: 2 Rotterdam's superdiversity from a historical perspective (1600-1980) - Paul van de Laar and Arie van der Schoor
  • 3 The second and third generation in Rotterdam: increasing diversity within diversity - Maurice Crul, Frans Lelie and Elif Keskiner
  • 4 Between choice and stigma: Identifications of economically successful migrants - Marianne van Bochove and Jack Burgers
  • PART II: ROTTERDAM'S RESPONSE TO SUPERDIVERSITY:
  • 6 'Walking the walk' rather than 'talking the talk' of superdiversity: Continuity and change in the development of Rotterdam's immigrant integration policies - Rianne Dekker and Ilona van Breugel
  • 7 Laboratory Rotterdam. Logics of exceptionalism in the governing of urban populations - Friso van Houdt and Willem Schinkel
  • 8 Rotterdam as a case of complexity reduction: Migration from Central and Eastern European countries - Erik Snel, Mark van Ostaijen and Margrietha 't Hart.
  • PART III: ROTTERDAM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE:
  • 9.A tale of two cities: Rotterdam, Amsterdam and their immigrants - Han Entzinger
  • 10. The 'integration' of people of Dutch descent in superdiverse neighbourhoods - Maurice Crul and Frans Lelie
  • 11. Superdiversity and city branding: Rotterdam in perspective - Warda Belabas and Jasper Eshuis
  • 12. Conclusions: Coming to terms with superdiversity? - Maurice Crul, Peter Scholten and Paul van de Laar
  • 13. Epilogue: What's the matter with Rotterdam? - Steve Vertovec.