Social Polarisation, Economic Restructuring and Welfare State Regimes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10864679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Hamnett (0000-0001-9944-5891, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1407-1430 |
| Publication date | 1996-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0042098966727 |
| OpenAlex | W2152178085 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 129 |
| References cited | 26 |
The central argument of this paper is that it is misconceived to view social polarisation of occupational structure and incomes in global cities as either inevitable or as a direct product of economic restructuring. It is argued that this neglects the key role of different welfare state structures which can and do influence both occupational and income structures independently of the processes of economic restructuring. The form and extent of polarisation in different cities are likely to reflect the nature and form of welfare state regimes in different countries as well as the form of economic restructuring and other factors such as the scale of immigration. Evidence from London suggests that growing income polarisation is accompanied by a professionalisation of the occupational structure
Argument (complex analysis · Economic growth · Economic restructuring · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Market economy · Political science · Product (mathematics · Restructuring · Scale (ratio · Social Welfare · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · Employment and Welfare Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Immigration and the Global City Hypothesis
Ethnic Segregation, Housing Systems and Welfare Regimes in Europe
From Coping Strategies to Tactics
Fragmentos urbanos después de la burbuja inmobiliaria
Community work in Hong Kong
Social change, social polarisation and income inequality in London, 1979–1993
The invisibility of skilled female migrants and gender relations in studies of skilled migration in Europe
The hidden costs of gentrification
Growing socio-spatial inequality in neo-liberal times? Comparing Beijing and London
Desindustrialización y crisis en la Barcelona posolímpica
The outer-inner city
Compétitivité économique et question sociale
Transformaciones de la ribera de Buenos Aires de cuando los barrios de origen informal se integran a los procesos de gentrificación en marcha
Trends of Social Polarisation and Segregation in Athens (1991–2011)
A regeneração urbana na política de cidades
Economic Structure, Social Risks and the Challenges to Social Policy in M acau, C hina
Local Welfare Systems and Health Inequalities
Investigating the use of second houses for middle- and advanced-aged people
Spatial segregation and migration in the city of Athens
Regional Economic Performance and Distance Between Parents and Their Employed Children – a Multilevel Analysis
Testing a Global City Hypothesis
Urban Restructuring, Polarisation and Immigrants' Opportunities
Sydney, Australia
Testing the Global City-Social Polarisation Thesis
Advantage and Disadvantage across Australia's Extended Metropolitan Regions
Socio-spatial Inequalities and Social Cohesion in European Cities
The Social Ecology of the Post-Fordist/Global City? Economic Restructuring and Socio-spatial Polarisation in the Toronto Urban Region
Social Transformations in the Global City
Splintering Urban Populations
Residential Profiles of Surinamese and Moroccans in Amsterdam
Social Polarisation and Socioeconomic Segregation in a Welfare State
The New Divided City
Global Centrality and Income Inequality in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Segregation trends in Athens
The Geography of Wage Inequality in British Cities
Social polarization in global cities
New York
Socio-spatial segregation and urban form
The social construction of the service sector
Economic growth devoid of social progress
Economische groei zonder sociale vooruitgang
Services avancés
La croissance économique sans le progrès social
Advanced services
Geavanceerde diensten
Invisible labour
Changing Social Divisions in the Housing Market of Tallinn, Estonia
The new Mikado? Tom Slater, gentrification and displacement
The changing occupational class composition of London
Spain
Diversity, inequality and urban change
European cities as command and control centres, 2006–11
In search of divided spaces
New Facets of Urban Segregation in Southern Europe
Permanence and change in urban segregation
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Urban deprivation and public hospital admissions in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1990-1997
Anti-riots“ und Postpolitik in der neoliberalen Stadt
Remaking urban divides
Urban Pauperization under China’s Social Exclusion
Residential segregation in a radically changing urban context
The global city thesis — social polarization and changes in the distribution of wages
Ethical quandaries and the urban domain
Geographies of welfare and social exclusion
Beyond ‘Social Polarization’? A Test for Asian World Cities in Developmental States
Socio-spatial polarization and the (re-)distribution of deprived groups in world cities
Understanding different levels of segregation in urban China
The Making of the New Urban Poor in Transitional China
Community, Ethnicity and Neighbourhood
(Re)Viewing Ethnic Residential Segregation in Southern European Cities
Portraying, classifying and understanding the emerging landscapes in the post-industrial city
Chicago
Gendering the Polarisation Debate
Is Australia's Home-ownership Rate Really Stable? An Examination of Change between 1975 and 1994
Unravelling the Global City Debate on Social Inequality
Global city data analysis using SciMAT
Middle class education strategies and residential segregation in Athens
Immigration, Globalisation and House Prices in Canada's Gateway Cities
Shocking the Suburbs
Processes of Socio-spatial Differentiation in Post-communist Prague
Housing and Social Fragmentation in the Netherlands
Disciplinarity in question
Global cities with Chinese characteristics
How social structure changes in Chinese global cities
The local state and homeless shelters
Deindustrialization and racial inequality
Global Cities in the South
Role of personal conditions, housing properties, private loans, and housing tenure choice
Unequal City and Inequitable Choice
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The changing relationship between income and mortality in Finland, 1988–2007
Lifespan Variation by Occupational Class
Socioeconomic Segregation in Large Cities in France and the United States
The changing social structure of global cities
Emerging divided cities in China
The changing social class structure of London, 2001–2021
Post-Industrialisation, Job Opportunities and Ethnocentrism
Unravelling the Global City Debate on Social Inequality
Entrance, Exit and Exclusion
The People's Home?
Economies of Signs and Space
The Changing Face of Urban Capitalism
Representing Urban Decline
The expanding middle
The Nation State
Social Polarisation in Global Cities
Modes of Regulation and the Urban Poor
No Polarisation in Dutch Cities? Inequality in a Corporatist Country
Double Dutch
National Conceptions of the New Urban Poverty
Some remarks on informal work, social polarization and the social structure
Los Angeles
The Restructuring of Housing Provision in Britain and the Netherlands
What's So New About Divided Cities
Dual city
Social Polarization and Australian Cities
Division sociale de l'espace et globalisation. Le cas de la métropole parisienne
Social Polarization
New York City
Ethnic minorities in the London labour market
Polarisation, Underclass and the Welfare State
The Dilemmas of Post-Fordism
The Transformation of the American Class Structure, 1960-1980
| Unique citing works | 129 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,3 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 128 |