TY  - BOOK
AU  - Novy,Andreas
TI  - Unequal diversity – on the political economy of social cohesion in Vienna
SN  - 09697764
AV  - HT395.E85 EUR 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - sage
KW  - Unequal diversity
KW  - Political economy
KW  - Social cohesion in Vienna
KW  - Vienna
N2  - The article reflects on the contradictory dynamics inherent in policies and political strategies to achieve social cohesion in cities, given the current European political-economic conjuncture of multiculturalism as well as increasing socioeconomic inequality. It takes the history of the city of Vienna with its rich story of social cohesion and of a melting pot of cultures as a historic case study, stressing path-dependency and the necessity of path-shaping. Furthermore, it describes two good practices of socially innovative current attempts to achieve social cohesion. The empirical insights, together with a broad overview of different disciplinary and policy discourses, help to problematize social cohesion as a key issue for European urban development. The article closes by proposing three lessons that can be learned from Vienna: to overcome culturalist reductionism, to be aware of scale-sensitive institution-building, and to reflect on the political and economic preconditions for building a European social citizenship
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776411403991
ER  -