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WESTERN IW 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 T Age’. Processes of globalisation and financialisation, coupled with mass migration, RS CAPITALISM 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 S N IN TRANSITION The redefinition of class structure and the transformation of existing patterns of I T social inclusion have both had a profound impact on the social fabric. This book IC O explores – from different disciplinary perspectives – how Western capitalism A N GLOBAL PROCESSES, has changed, and the consequences of these changes for individuals’ lives and P communities. The argument throughout is framed by Karl Polanyi’s theories I 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 S segregation and the spatial dimensions of poverty. M 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 AEN and the resulting winners and losers. ZND EAR PSE OSO Alberta Andreotti is Associate Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of VIT Milan-Bicocca T I David Benassi is Associate Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Milan-Bicocca ( E D Yuri Kazepov is Professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Vienna S ) EDITED BY ALBERTA ANDREOTTI DAVID BENASSI ISBN 978-1-5261-2241-4 YURI KAZEPOV 9 781526 122414 www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk Western capitalism in transition Western capitalism in transition Global processes, local challenges Edited by Alberta Andreotti, David Benassi and Yuri Kazepov Manchester University Press Copyright © Manchester University Press 2018 While copyright in the volume as a whole is vested in Manchester University Press, copyright in individual chapters belongs to their respective authors, and no chapter may be reproduced wholly or in part without the express permission in writing of both author and publisher. Published by Manchester University Press Altrincham Street, Manchester M1 7JA www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1526 12241 4 paperback ISBN 978 1526 12239 1 hardback First published 2018 The publisher has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for any external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Typeset by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire To Enzo, mentor and friend A Enzo, maestro e amico 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 viii Contents 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
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