Neighbourhoods of Poverty

ALBERTA ANDREOTTI Researcher and Sociologist, Department of Sociology, University of Milan-Bicocca, ItalyJUSTIN BEAUMONT Researcher in Urban Planning, Department of Planning, University of Groningen, The NetherlandsJOOS DROOGLEEVER FORTUIJN Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsHARTMUT HAEUSSERMANN Professor of Sociology, Department of Urban and Regional Sociology, Humboldt University Berlin, GermanyANDREAS KAPPHAN Urban Sociologist, Bureau SMS, Berlin, GermanyMARTIN KRONAUER Professor of Sociology, Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft Berlin, GermanyPETER LEE Researcher, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham, UKPASCALE MISTIAEN Researcher, Institute of Social and Economic Geography, Catholic University of Leuven, BelgiumENRICA MORLICCHIO Professor of Sociology, University of Naples Federico II, ItalyPETER NOLLER Urban Sociologist, Institute for Sociology, Technical University Darmstadt, GermanyRIETTE OOSTHUIZEN Researcher, Office for Public Management, UKWIM OSTENDORF Associate Professor of Urban Geography, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsELISE PALOMARES Researcher, National Demographic Institute, Paris, FranceENRICO PUGLIESE Professor of Sociology, University of Naples Federico II, ItalyPATRICK SIMON Researcher in Social Science, National Demographic Institute, Paris, FranceRONALD VAN KEMPEN Professor of Urban Geography, Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht, UtrechtUniversity, The NetherlandsINGE VAN NIEUWENHUYZE Researcher, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Antwerp, BelgiumBERTHOLD VOGEL Sociologist, Institute for Social Research, Hamburg, GermanyJAN VRANKEN Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium

• List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Contributors The Spatial Dimensions of Urban Social Exclusion and Integration; S.Musterd & A.Murie Berlin: Opportunities, Constraints and Strategies of the Urban Poor; A.Kapphan & H.Haeussermann Antwerp: Confronting the Social and Spatial; I.van Nieuwenhuyze & J.Vranken Amsterdam: Gender and Poverty; J.Droogleever Fortuijn & W.Ostendorf Hamburg: Contradicting Neighbourhood Effects on Poverty; M.Kronauer, P.Noller & B.Vogel Milan: Urban Poverty in a Wealthy City; A.Andreotti Rotterdam: Social Contracts in Poor Neighbourhoods: R.van Kempen Paris: Neighbourhood Identity as a Resource for the Urban Poor; E.Palomares & P.Simon London: Deprivation, Social Isolation and Regeneration; J.Beaumont Birmingham: Narratives of Neighbourhood Transition; P.Lee, A.Murie & R.Oosthuizen Naples: Unemployment and Spatial Exclusion; E.Morlicchio & E.Pugliese Brussels: Neighbourhoods as Generators of Integration; C.Kesteloot & P.Mistiaen European Cities: Neighbourhood Matters; A.Murie, S.Musterd & C.Kesteloot References Index