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The Berlin Reader: A Compendium on Urban Change and Activism
By drawing together widely dispersed yet central writings, the Berlin Reader is an essential resource for everyone interested in urban development in one of the most interesting and important metropolises in Europe. It provides scholars as well as students, journalists and visitors with an overview of the most central discussions on the tremendous changes Berlin experienced since the fall of the wall. It covers a wide range of issues, including inner city renewal, housing and the local economy, gentrification and other urban conflicts.
The book breaks ground in two dimensions: first, by offering also non-German speakers an insight into the very controversial debates after reunification, and, second, by highlighting the ambivalent consequences of Berlin's urban transformation in the past decades.
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The Berlin Reader: A Compendium on Urban Change and Activism
By drawing together widely dispersed yet central writings, the Berlin Reader is an essential resource for everyone interested in urban development in one of the most interesting and important metropolises in Europe. It provides scholars as well as students, journalists and visitors with an overview of the most central discussions on the tremendous changes Berlin experienced since the fall of the wall. It covers a wide range of issues, including inner city renewal, housing and the local economy, gentrification and other urban conflicts.
The book breaks ground in two dimensions: first, by offering also non-German speakers an insight into the very controversial debates after reunification, and, second, by highlighting the ambivalent consequences of Berlin's urban transformation in the past decades.
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The Berlin Reader: A Compendium on Urban Change and Activism

The Berlin Reader: A Compendium on Urban Change and Activism

The Berlin Reader: A Compendium on Urban Change and Activism

The Berlin Reader: A Compendium on Urban Change and Activism

Overview

By drawing together widely dispersed yet central writings, the Berlin Reader is an essential resource for everyone interested in urban development in one of the most interesting and important metropolises in Europe. It provides scholars as well as students, journalists and visitors with an overview of the most central discussions on the tremendous changes Berlin experienced since the fall of the wall. It covers a wide range of issues, including inner city renewal, housing and the local economy, gentrification and other urban conflicts.
The book breaks ground in two dimensions: first, by offering also non-German speakers an insight into the very controversial debates after reunification, and, second, by highlighting the ambivalent consequences of Berlin's urban transformation in the past decades.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783837624786
Publication date: 08/27/2013
Series: Urban Studies
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Matthias Bernt (PD Dr. habil.), born in 1970, works as a research group leader at Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung and as adjunct lecturer at the Institute for Social Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His research focuses on the interrelation of urban governance, social change and urban development.
Britta Grell is a political scientist, lecturer and author, based in Berlin and focused on social policies and urban movements. She is an active member of INURA (International Network for Urban Research and Action).
Andrej Holm works at the Department of Urban and Regional Sociology at Berlin's Humboldt University. He is a well-known expert on the topic of housing and gentrification, and has published various books on the "Right to the City."

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Introduction Matthias Bernt Britta Grell Andrej Holm 11

Berlin's Megalomania

Berlin Won't Remain Berlin Hartmut Häußermann Walter Siebel 25

Berlin is Becoming the Capital - Surely and Securely Volker Eick 33

Last Exit to Alexanderplatz Wolfgang Kil 47

Berlin's Urban Development Discourse: Symbolic Action and the Articulation of Hegemonic Interests Simone Hain 53

Berlin In-Between

The Barbarian East Uwe Rada 71

Berlin: From Divided to Fragmented City?: Socio-Spatial Changes Since 1990 Hartmut Häußermann Andreas Kapphan 77

Mew Lines of Division in the New Berlin Margit Mayer 95

Exploring the Substance and Style of Gentrification: Berlin's "Prenzlberg" Matthias Bernt Andrej Holm 107

Berlin On Sale

City of Talents?: Berlin's Regional Economy, Socio-Spatial Fabric and "Worst Practice" Urban Governance Stefan Krätke 131

The Uneven Development of Berlin's Housing Provision: Institutional Investment and Its Consequences on the City and Its Tenants Sabina Uffer 155

Berlin's Gentrification Mainstream Andrej Holm 171

The Berlin Water Company: From "Inevitable" Privatization to "Impossible" Remunicipalization Ross Beveridge and Matthias Naumann 189

Berlin Contested

Berlin Diversities: The Perpetual Act of Becoming of a True Metropolis Stephan Lanz 207

"Berlin Does Not Love You": Notes On Berlin's "Tourism Controversy" and Its Discontents Johannes Novy 223

The Sound of Berlin: Subculture and Global Music Industry Ingo Bader Albert Scharenberg 239

Spree Riverbanks for Everyone!: What Remains of "Sink Mediaspree"? Jan Dohnke 261

Copyright Information 275

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