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Making the Middle-class City

The Politics of Gentrifying Amsterdam

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Authors:
  1. Willem Boterman

    1. Department of Geography, Planning, and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. Wouter van Gent

    1. Department of Geography, Planning, and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  • Provides a new vision for urbanism
  • Uses Amsterdam as case study
  • Recontextualizes class politics within urban space

Part of the book series: The Contemporary City (TCONTCI)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Willem Boterman, Wouter van Gent
    Pages 1-12

  3. Class, State and Urban Space

    • Willem Boterman, Wouter van Gent
    Pages 13-42

  4. Social and Spatial Transformations

    • Willem Boterman, Wouter van Gent
    Pages 43-76

  5. The Electoral Geography of Amsterdam

    • Willem Boterman, Wouter van Gent
    Pages 77-104

  6. Political and Institutional Transformations

    • Willem Boterman, Wouter van Gent
    Pages 105-144

  7. Symbolic Politics Within the Local State

    • Willem Boterman, Wouter van Gent
    Pages 145-179

  8. Conclusion

    • Willem Boterman, Wouter van Gent
    Pages 181-201

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 203-246
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About this book


​This book seeks to understand the urban transformation of Amsterdam over a 40-year period. In addition to charting social and economic changes associated with gentrification, it analyses the electoral dynamics and middle-class politics that have underpinned Amsterdam’s change to a middle-class city.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, Planning, and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Willem Boterman, Wouter van Gent

About the authors

Willem Boterman & Wouter van Gent are Urban and Political Geographers at the department of Geography, Planning, and International Development Studies at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Making the Middle-class City

  • Book Subtitle: The Politics of Gentrifying Amsterdam

  • Authors: Willem Boterman, Wouter van Gent

  • Series Title: The Contemporary City

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55493-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57494-7Published: 25 November 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-55493-2Published: 24 November 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5463

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5471

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 246

  • Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban Economics, Public Policy

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