Introduction

Bernt, Matthias; Grell, Britta; Holm, Andrej

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“…In so doing, the local government has determinedly sought to uphold the idea that the market is more rational and efficient in delivering basic provisioning than the public sector (Bernt et al, 2013). As an ideological lens, it has sought to ensure that redistributive options are actively excluded in favour of a market-facilitating approach to housing issues.…”

Section: Situating the Refugee Crisis In Austerity Urbanismmentioning

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“…Although Berlin -like other German cities -was subject to a fresh round of austerity measures with the advent of the 2008 financial crisis, most notably the 2011 constitutionally inscribed federal debt brake, Bernt et al (2013) point out that the capital's experience with austerity dates back further. The crisis of the Bankgesellschaft Berlin (or BGB) in 2001 activated what was then known as the 'greatest banking crisis in post-war Germany', that would trigger social conflicts on an immense scale (Der Spiegel, 2001).…”

Section: Producing Displacements In Austerity Urbanismmentioning

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“…The crisis of the Bankgesellschaft Berlin (or BGB) in 2001 activated what was then known as the 'greatest banking crisis in post-war Germany', that would trigger social conflicts on an immense scale (Der Spiegel, 2001). The BGB was Berlin's largest banking house in which half of Berliners held accounts and the Berlin Senate was a major shareholder (56 per cent) (Bernt et al, 2013).…”

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“…The essential trigger for the rise of austerity urbanism within local government is the emergence of a legitimation crisis in which the Berlin Senate sought to reframe austerity by depoliticizing unpopular, cost-saving decisions in the name of balanced budgets. In so doing, the local government has determinedly sought to uphold the idea that the market is more rational and efficient in delivering basic provisioning than the public sector (Bernt et al, 2013). The reliance of the Berlin government on the private global consulting firm McKinsey & Company to more efficiently manage the refugee crisis is a case in point, which will be discussed below.…”

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Governing Global Displacement in Austerity Urbanism: The Case of Berlin's Refugee Housing Crisis

Soederberg¹

2018

Development and Change

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A surge of forcibly displaced migrants into Europe in 2015 culminated in what has been referred to as the 'refugee crisis'. As the continent's top destination country, Germany has been widely praised for its welcoming culture while heavily criticized for failures of integration. This is particularly true of Berlin -a city that has absorbed the highest number of war refugees in Europe, many of whom remain without stable accommodation. Despite its significance, the scholarship has largely neglected the housing question within the European refugee crisis. The aim of this article is to cast a critical light on the complexities and contradictions glossed over by the refugee crisis trope. Drawing on the Berlin case, the author argues that resettlement initiatives need to be understood against the backdrop of austerity urbanism, particularly its insistence that markets can meet housing demand. By focusing on three types of shelter provisioning for refugees, the article reveals the multifaceted and nuanced ways in which the Berlin government, refugees and grassroots organizations contest, produce and navigate the moving frames of austerity urbanism in search of stable housing.

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2018

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“…Both of these globally oriented and, in their countries, central cities saw decades of high state involvement, which, at the time, was conceived as legitimate, desirable and oriented towards the provision of collective goods, such as housing and infrastructure (Carmon, ; ). In recent decades both cities have witnessed a sharp decline in Keynesian welfarism and decisive shifts towards a politics of deregulation, privatization and liberalization (Ram, ; Bernt et al ., ; Margalit, ). This shift towards entrepreneurial urban politics coincided with a diversification of urban populations in both cities, which makes the various claims to resources and political rights particularly complicated.…”

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Urban Citizenship and Right to the City: The Fragmentation of Claims

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Hentschel²,

Holm

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Int J Urban Regional Res

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In this symposium, we explore how urban citizenship is about expressing, if not producing, difference, and how fragmentation of claims affects urban citizenship and right to the city movements with their universal, all‐inclusive ideals. Investigating social movements, political participation and conflicting diversities in public space in Tel Aviv and Berlin, we see a trend towards a diversification of interests, a weakening of movements, and even a competition over rights and resources rather than a development of mutual support and solidarities among various groups on the pathway to a livable city. This tension, we argue, deserves attention. Radical urban scholarship and politics need to better understand the historical and place‐specific contexts that structure the formation of citizenship claims and the courses that citizenship struggles take. Celebrations of urban citizenship as a more contextualized, community oriented, and bottom‐up framework (in comparison to national citizenship) should therefore be complemented by a careful investigation of their fragmented and fragmenting practices.

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Making Sense of Segregation in a Well-Connected City: The Case of Berlin

Blokland

Vief

2021

The Urban Book Series

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This chapter analyses socioeconomic segregation and segregation by migration background for Berlin, Germany. Berlin’s history of division and reunification affected suburbanization patterns and the unequal economic restructuring of the city over time. Within this historical context, we present our empirical results on segregation, and we reflect on the implications of segregation for the daily use of the city. Arguments that segregation affects access to amenities (as in the literature on ‘food deserts’) or reduces access to jobs (as in spatial mismatch theories) are not so useful for Berlin with its strong public transport infrastructure. We find that socioeconomic segregation was moderate and stable for the working-age population between 2007 and 2016, whereas segregation of poor children increased. At the same time, segregation of foreigners and segregation by migration background strongly declined. And yet, even though segregation levels are low and public services are present everywhere, the social use of the city, we argue, may be more segregated than statistical indicators suggest. Drawing on various case studies, we suggest that the use of the overall city reflects segregation patterns of the use of space for other reasons than commonly suggested.

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Governing Global Displacement in Austerity Urbanism: The Case of Berlin's Refugee Housing Crisis

Governing Global Displacement in Austerity Urbanism: The Case of Berlin's Refugee Housing Crisis

Urban Citizenship and Right to the City: The Fragmentation of Claims

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