Western Capitalism in Transition: Global Processes, Local Challenges

334 Pages·2018·8.3 MB·English

by  Alberta Andreotti (editor), David Benassi (editor), Yuri Kazepov (editor)

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Over the last thirty years capitalism in the West has undergone a process of N
radical change that has erased the world we knew during the post-war ‘Golden E
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Age’. Processes of globalisation and financialisation, coupled with mass migration, RS
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demographic transitions and pressures on the welfare state, have brought about AT
steep increases in inequality and a polarisation between winners and losers that NE
challenges the very nature of citizenship. R
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The redefinition of class structure and the transformation of existing patterns of I
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social inclusion have both had a profound impact on the social fabric. This book IC
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explores – from different disciplinary perspectives – how Western capitalism
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has changed, and the consequences of these changes for individuals’ lives and
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communities. The argument throughout is framed by Karl Polanyi’s theories
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regarding the embeddedness of the economic in the social, and the dynamic T LOCAL CHALLENGES
relationship between these two aspects. Specific areas of change are discussed A
under five headings: the transformations of global capitalism; welfare capitalism L
and rights; citizenship and migration; cities and urban transformation; and I
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segregation and the spatial dimensions of poverty.
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The international array of contributors take into consideration the interplay

of micro and macro factors to produce a developed analysis. Chapters focus
on the uneven effects of capitalism, on the manifold social conflicts that are
emerging and on the potential for the defensive mobilisation of individuals and
social movements. By combining theory and empirical analysis and adopting a
comparative perspective, the authors provide insights into the dynamics of change KBA
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and the resulting winners and losers. ZND
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Alberta Andreotti is Associate Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of VIT
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David Benassi is Associate Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Milan-Bicocca (
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Yuri Kazepov is Professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Vienna S
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EDITED BY
ALBERTA ANDREOTTI
DAVID BENASSI
ISBN 978-1-5261-2241-4
YURI KAZEPOV
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Western capitalism in transition

Western capitalism in
transition
Global processes, local challenges
Edited by
Alberta Andreotti, David Benassi and Yuri Kazepov
Manchester University Press
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Contents
List of figures and tables page ix
Notes on contributors xi
Preface xvii
Acknowledgements xix
Framing the issues at stake
1 Western capitalism in transition: global processes, local
challenges Alberta Andreotti, David Benassi and Yuri Kazepov 3
2 A child of its times: the ‘new urban sociology’ in context and its
legacy Michael Harloe 28
Part I: The transformations of global capitalism
3 Abstract from the concrete: capitalism spiralling out of control
David Harvey 45
4 Rethinking social reproduction in an era of the dominance of
finance capital Gavin Smith 61
5 On the social (dis-)embedding of the economy in a local
context: where anthropology and sociology share metaphors as
analytical tools Simone Ghezzi 77
Part II: Welfare capitalism and rights
6 The underclass and international comparison, variety and
universalism Jean-Claude Barbier 97
7 Welfare migration and civic stratification: Britain’s emergent
rights regime Lydia Morris 111
8 The Mediterranean welfare states between recalibration and
change in the cultural paradigm Nicola Negri and
Chiara Saraceno 127
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Part III: Citizenship and migration
9 Deconstructing labour demand: implications for low-wage
employment Saskia Sassen 145
10 International migrations and the Mediterranean
Enrico Pugliese 156
11 Cities under economic austerity: the return of citizenship claims
Marisol García 173
Part IV: Cities and urban transformation
12 The sense of touch Richard Sennett 191
13 Urban disorder and the transformation of global governance
Sophie Body-Gendrot 200
14 Urban political economy beyond convergence: robust but
differentiated unequal European cities Patrick Le Galès 217
Part V: Segregation and the spatial dimension of poverty
15 The spatial dimension of poverty Norman Fainstein and
Susan S. Fainstein 239
16 Urban segregation, inequalities and local welfare: the challenges of
neoliberalisation Marco Oberti and Edmond Préteceille 256
17 Urban poverty and social cohesion: lessons from Naples
Enrica Morlicchio 274
Perspectives on the future of Western capitalism
18 The double movement and the perspectives of contemporary
capitalism Enzo Mingione 291
Index 307
Figures
14.1 Population change in the European Union, by
metropolitan region, 2004–14 (%). page 222
14.2 Evolution of total general government expenditure,
EU-28, 2006–15, cumulative percentage of GDP 224
14.3 Good housing at a reasonable price per city, 2015 227
14.4 Local autonomy in the EU 229
17.1 Socio-spatial evolution of poor neighbourhoods 275
17.2 Patterns of residential isolation and social polarisation 280
17.3 Socio-economic clusters in Naples 283
Table
14.1 At-risk-of-poverty rate before and after social transfers
(for a single person), 2014 and 2015 226