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.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Class, State and Urban Space.- 3. Social and Spatial Transformations.- 4. The Electoral Geography Of Amsterdam.- 5. Political and Institutional Transformations.- 6. Symbolic Politics within the Local State.- 7. Conclusion.

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.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Class, State and Urban Space.- 3. Social and Spatial Transformations.- 4. The Electoral Geography Of Amsterdam.- 5. Political and Institutional Transformations.- 6. Symbolic Politics within the Local State.- 7. Conclusion.

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.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Class, State and Urban Space.- 3. Social and Spatial Transformations.- 4. The Electoral Geography Of Amsterdam.- 5. Political and Institutional Transformations.- 6. Symbolic Politics within the Local State.- 7. Conclusion.